Atrial Remodeling and Atrial Fibrillation: Mechanisms and Implications

Atrial Fibrillation Begets Atrial Fibrillation

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Connexin Lateralization Contributes to Male Susceptibility to Atrial Fibrillation

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Top-down Proteomics of Myosin Light Chain Isoforms Define Chamber-Specific Expression in the Human Heart

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Proarrhythmic Atrial Calcium Cycling in the Diseased Heart

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P‐Wave Duration in Lead aVR and the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Hypertension

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Activation of β3-Adrenoceptor Promotes Rapid Pacing-Induced Atrial Electrical Remodeling in Rabbits

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Atorvastatin blocks increased l-type Ca2+ current and cell injury elicited by angiotensin II via inhibiting oxide stress

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Biomarkers Associated with Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation

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Loss of Myeloid Differentiation Protein 1 Promotes Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

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Additional complex fractionated atrial electrogram ablation does not improve the outcomes of non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Novel risk score for predicting recurrence of atrial fibrillation after the Cryo-Maze procedure

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Novel Low-Voltage MultiPulse Therapy to Terminate Atrial Fibrillation

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Biomarkers in the clinical management of patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure.

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Ablation of Complex Fractionated Atrial Electrograms for Atrial Fibrillation Rhythm Control: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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Dilation of human atria: Increased diffusion restrictions for ADP, overexpression of hexokinase 2 and its coupling to oxidative phosphorylation in cardiomyocytes

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Atrial Remodeling and Novel Pharmacological Strategies for Antiarrhythmic Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation

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MMP-1 and MMP-3 polymorphism and arrhythmia recurrence after electrical cardioversion in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

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In-silico investigations of the functional impact of KCNA5 mutations on atrial mechanical dynamics

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Prognostic Value of Total Atrial Conduction Time Measured with Tissue Doppler Imaging to Predict the Maintenance of Sinus Rhythm after External Electrical Cardioversion of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

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Atrial FDG uptake and atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Relationship between wait times and postatrial fibrillation ablation outcomes: A population-based study

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Serum levels of nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase 4 are associated with non-valvular atrial fibrillation

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Cellular and molecular correlates of ectopic activity in patients with atrial fibrillation

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The MAPK pathway is involved in the regulation of rapid pacing-induced ionic channel remodeling in rat atrial myocytes

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Pulmonary vein triggers, focal sources, rotors and atrial cardiomyopathy: implications for the choice of the most effective ablation therapy

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Heart Rhythm Insights Into Structural Remodeling in Atrial Tissue: Timed Automata Approach

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Cross-Reactivity as a Mechanism Linking Infections to Stroke

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AGE–RAGE Stress in the Pathophysiology of Atrial Fibrillation and Its Treatment

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Cardiac Adiposity and Arrhythmias: The Role of Imaging

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Cardiac K+ Channels and Channelopathies.

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Assessing the arrhythmogenic risk of engineered heart tissue patches through in silico application on infarcted ventricle models

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From changes in local RAAS to structural remodeling of the left atrium

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Efficacy of the Maze Procedure for Atrial Fibrillation Associated with Atrial Septal Defect

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Analysis of the mechanisms initiating random wave propagation at the onset of atrial fibrillation using noncontact mapping: Role of complex fractionated electrogram region

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Atrial Remodeling And Atrial Fibrillation: Mechanistic Interactions And Clinical Implications.

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Photoacoustic characterization of radiofrequency ablation lesions

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Left atrial size and function in a South Asian population and their potential influence on the risk of atrial fibrillation

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Electrophysiology Translational Considerations in Cardio-Oncology: QT and Beyond

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Association of Left Atrial Metrics with Atrial Fibrillation Rehospitalization and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation following Index Hospitalization

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Atrial Fibrillation in Diabetes: Pathogenesis and Targeted Rhythm Control Strategies

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Towards Improved Human In Vitro Models for Cardiac Arrhythmia: Disease Mechanisms, Treatment, and Models of Atrial Fibrillation

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Left atrial reservoir strain is a marker of atrial fibrotic remodeling in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery: Analysis of gene expression

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Clinical impact of atrial fibrillation progression in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A report from the CHART-2 Study

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Electro-metabolic coupling in atrial fibrillation: A deeper understanding of the metabolic driver

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Ciliary and Non-Ciliary Roles of IFT88 in Development and Diseases

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Antiarrhythmic Effects of Losartan and Enalapril in Canine Pulmonary Vein Sleeve Preparations

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Effects of low-level carotid baroreflex stimulation on atrial electrophysiology

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Relationship between CHA2DS2-VASc score and atrial electromechanical function in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation: A pilot study

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Effect of atorvastatin on left atrial function of patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

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Coefficient of Variation of P‐Wave Duration Is a Novel Atrial Heterogeneity Index to Predict Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation After Catheter Ablation

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Adult Height, Prevalent Coronary Artery Calcium Score, and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in a Multiethnic Cohort

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Supraventricular Arrhythmias: Clinical Framework and Common Scenarios for the Internist

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Latest Insights into Mechanisms behind Atrial Cardiomyopathy: It Is Not always about Ventricular Function

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Automaticity in ventricular myocyte cell pairs with ephaptic and gap junction coupling

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Reverse Remodelling of the Atria After Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: Evidence from Electro-mechanical and Endocrine Markers

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Outcomes in Atrial Fibrillation Patients With and Without Left Ventricular Hypertrophy When Treated With a Lenient Rate-Control or Rhythm-Control Strategy

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Atorvastatin treatment affects atrial ion currents and their tachycardia-induced remodeling in rabbits

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Slow [Na+]i dynamics impacts arrhythmogenesis and spiral wave reentry in cardiac myocyte ionic model

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Macro- and micromechanical remodelling in the fish atrium is associated with regulation of collagen 1 alpha 3 chain expression

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Atrial Structural Remodeling Gene Variants in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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Biomarker Profiling in Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease Identifies the Relationship between Angiopoietin-2 and Atrial Fibrillation

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Classification of Cardiac Arrhythmias from Single Lead ECG with a Convolutional Recurrent Neural Network

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Genome-Wide Copy Number Variation Association Study of Atrial Fibrillation Related Thromboembolic Stroke

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Systematic review of pre-clinical therapies for post-operative atrial fibrillation

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Electrophysiological characteristics of permanent atrial fibrillation: insights from research models of cardiac remodeling

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Doxycycline Improves Fibrosis-Induced Abnormalities in Atrial Conduction and Vulnerability to Atrial Fibrillation in Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia Rats

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Chronic HDAC6 Activation Induces Atrial Fibrillation Through Atrial Electrical and Structural Remodeling in Transgenic Mice

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Echocardiographic Evaluation of LV Function in Patients with Tachyarrhythmia and Reduced Left Ventricular Function in Response to Rhythm Restoration

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Interrelationship Between Inflammatory Biomarkers and Collagen Remodeling Proteins in Atrial Fibrillation

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Performance of CHA2DS2-VASc and HAS-BLED in predicting stroke and bleeding in atrial fibrillation and cancer

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Mechanisms underlying atrial fibrillation in chronic kidney disease

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Left Atrium Dilatation and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Predispose to Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

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Long P-wave duration immediately after pulmonary vein isolation on radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation predicts clinical recurrence: correlation with atrial remodeling in persistent atrial fibrillation

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Clinical utility of left atrial strain in predicting atrial fibrillation recurrence after catheter ablation: An up-to-date review

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