… In both cases atrial ectopic activity and electrical reentry circuits are increased, resulting
in cellular Ca2+ overload and fibrosis. Likewise, fibrosis can be directly due to profibrotic …

… that obese patients were more likely to develop AF, but others reported no significant correlation.
Obesity-… AF is caused by focal ectopic-triggering activity that is mainly caused by early …

… To explore the correlation between DEMRG expression and … activity. Ca 2+ handling-related
abnormalities form the underlying molecular basis for focal ectopic activity and atrial …

… commonly increased in patients with atrial fibrillation, was correlated with TMA (r… activity,
which alters sarcoplasmic-reticulum Ca2+ release, exhibits ectopic activity, and shortened atrial …

… In fact, several large clinical studies found no residual correlation between clinical or
subclinical … Hyperthyroid patients have increased heart rates, more atrial ectopic activity (atrial …

… linked AF onset with ectopy originating from the pulmonary veins in the left atrial tissue (60). …
To prospectively identify structural/molecular changes in atrial myocardium that correlate …

Atrial fibrillation (AF) causes heart failure, ischemic strokes, and poor quality of life. The
number of patients with AF is estimated to increase to 18 million in Europe in 2050. …

… ectopic activity initiates atrial arrhythmias in myocytes [17] and in whole hearts [18]. Thus, the
most prominent channels causing ectopic activity … term AF, which correlated with a switch to …

… is correlated with the level of metalloproteinase inhibitors. Therefore, MMP activity increases
… in the myocardium, promoting fibrosis, and it correlates with the intensity of the inflammatory …

… of atrial fibrillation (AF). We have previously shown that circulating microRNA-21 (miR-21)
correlates with the extent of left atrial fibrosis in patients … of AF states that ectopic foci located in …