Differential Structural Remodeling of the Left‐Atrial Posterior Wall in Patients Affected by Mitral Regurgitation with or Without Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Morphological and Molecular Study

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Domenico Corradi · University of Parma

Sergio Callegari

Roberta Maestri

David Ferrara · San Raffaele University of Rome

Domenica Mangieri

Rossella Alinovi

Paola Mozzoni · Accident Compensation Corporation

Silvana Pinelli

Matteo Goldoni · Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione Contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro

Abstract

The LAPW of MR patients with or without AF shows considerable SR. The former has more severe histopathological changes and higher levels of proteins involved in SR, thereby reaching a threshold beyond which the sinus impulse cannot normally activate atrial myocardium.

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Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

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Published in: Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volume 23, Issue 3, pp. 271-279

DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02187.x

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Differential Structural Remodeling of the Left‐Atrial Posterior Wall in Patients Affected by Mitral Regurgitation with or Without Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: A Morphological and Molecular Study

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