… cardiac fibrosis and AF focusing on translational aspects, clinical observations, and fibrosis
… in AF management taking into account the individual amount and distribution of fibrosis. …

… , a better understanding of the mutual effect of fibrosis in AF and heart failure is of particular
… mechanisms of cardiac fibrosis in AF, differences between fibrotic processes in atria and …

… to cardiac fibrosis are multidirectional and they involve cardiac … by cardiac fibroblasts
accounting even for 60% of cardiac cells, exceeding the number of cardiomyocytes [1]. Cardiac …

… in cardiac fibrosis has only recently been investigated. Transgenic mice … cardiac-specific
PDGF overexpression show cardiac fibrosis followed by dilated cardiomyopathy and cardiac …

… Atrial fibrillation (AF) is commonly associated with congestive heart failure (CHF), and CHF
… associated with atrial structural remodeling resulting in fibrosis. Atrial interstitial fibrosis has …

… Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice. Atrial fibrosis has …
Here, the author reviews the molecular and cellular mechanisms that control atrial fibrosis. It …

… atrial fibrosis. This article will review the role that atrial fibrosis plays in AF, the mechanisms
of atrial fibrosis, … emerging therapeutic approaches to AF aimed at attenuating atrial fibrosis. …

… cardiac fibrosis and evaluate AF recurrence (32-34). The process of ECM protein synthesis
is a dynamic and balanced process under the fine regulation of proteolytic enzymes and their …

… Atrial fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is a cardiac arrhythmia with irregular and uncoordinated
electrical activity of the atria, interfering with the contractile properties of the ventricles, …

… In the healthy postnatal heart, interstitial cardiac fibroblasts do not express α-smooth
muscle actin (α-SMA). In cardiac fibrosis, α-SMA expression is considered a sign of fibroblast …