Atrial remodeling and atrial fibrillation: mechanisms and implications

S Nattel, B Burstein, D Dobrev - Circulation: Arrhythmia and …, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in clinical practice. It can occur at any
age but is very rare in children and becomes extremely common in the elderly, with a …

Mechanisms of atrial remodeling and clinical relevance

S Nattel, A Shiroshita-Takeshita, S Cardin… - Current opinion in …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
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Mechanisms of atrial remodeling and clinical relevance : Current Opinion in Cardiology Log in …

Atrial remodeling and atrial fibrillation: recent advances and translational perspectives

S Nattel, M Harada - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2014 - jacc.org
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia in clinical practice. AF and its
complications are responsible for important population morbidity and mortality. Presently …

Electrical, contractile and structural remodeling during atrial fibrillation

M Allessie, J Ausma, U Schotten - Cardiovascular research, 2002 - academic.oup.com
The natural history of atrial fibrillation (AF) is characterized by a gradual worsening with time.
The recent finding that AF itself produces changes in atrial function and structure has …

Electrical and structural remodeling: role in the genesis and maintenance of atrial fibrillation

BA Schoonderwoerd, IC Van Gelder… - Progress in …, 2005 - Elsevier
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and congestive heart failure (CHF) are 2 frequently encountered
conditions in clinical practice. Both lead to changes in atrial function and structure, an array …

Basic mechanisms of atrial fibrillation—very new insights into very old ideas

S Nattel, D Li, L Yue - Annual Review of Physiology, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) was recognized and studied extensively in the early twentieth
century, but many fundamental aspects of the arrhythmia were poorly understood until quite …

Atrial remodeling, fibrosis, and atrial fibrillation

J Jalife, K Kaur - Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
The fundamental mechanisms governing the perpetuation of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most
common arrhythmia seen in clinical practice, are poorly understood, which explains in part …

Pathophysiological mechanisms of atrial fibrillation: a translational appraisal

U Schotten, S Verheule, P Kirchhof… - Physiological …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an arrhythmia that can occur as the result of numerous different
pathophysiological processes in the atria. Some aspects of the morphological and …

Structural remodeling in atrial fibrillation

D Corradi, S Callegari, R Maestri, S Benussi… - Nature clinical practice …, 2008 - nature.com
Atrial fibrillation occurs and maintains itself in the context of a morphologically and
functionally altered atrial substrate that can be induced by stressors such as underlying …

Atrial electrophysiology and mechanisms of atrial fibrillation

S Nattel - Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia in clinical practice, and its
management remains challenging. A solid understanding of the scientific basis for atrial …