EHRA/HRS/APHRS/SOLAECE Expert Consensus on Atrial Cardiomyopathies: Definition, Characterization, and Clinical Implication

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Li-Saw-Hee F, Blann A, Goldsmith I, Lip G . Indexes of hypercoagulability measured in peripheral blood reflect levels in intracardiac blood in patients with atrial fibrillation secondary to mitral stenosis. Am J Cardiol. 1999; 83(8):1206-9. DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00060-0. View

Luss I, Boknik P, Jones L, Kirchhefer U, Knapp J, Linck B . Expression of cardiac calcium regulatory proteins in atrium v ventricle in different species. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 1999; 31(6):1299-314. DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1999.0962. View

Li D, Fareh S, Leung T, Nattel S . Promotion of atrial fibrillation by heart failure in dogs: atrial remodeling of a different sort. Circulation. 1999; 100(1):87-95. DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.100.1.87. View

Felker G, Hu W, Hare J, Hruban R, Baughman K, Kasper E . The spectrum of dilated cardiomyopathy. The Johns Hopkins experience with 1,278 patients. Medicine (Baltimore). 1999; 78(4):270-83. DOI: 10.1097/00005792-199907000-00005. View

Di Tullio M, Sacco R, Sciacca R, Homma S . Left atrial size and the risk of ischemic stroke in an ethnically mixed population. Stroke. 1999; 30(10):2019-24. DOI: 10.1161/01.str.30.10.2019. View

Lester S, RYAN E, Schiller N, Foster E . Best method in clinical practice and in research studies to determine left atrial size. Am J Cardiol. 1999; 84(7):829-32. DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00446-4. View

Boknik P, Unkel C, Kirchhefer U, Kleideiter U, Klein-Wiele O, Knapp J . Regional expression of phospholamban in the human heart. Cardiovasc Res. 1999; 43(1):67-76. DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6363(99)00053-x. View

Aime-Sempe C, Folliguet T, Rucker-Martin C, Krajewska M, Krajewska S, Heimburger M . Myocardial cell death in fibrillating and dilated human right atria. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1999; 34(5):1577-86. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00382-4. View

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Feinberg W, Pearce L, Hart R, Cushman M, Cornell E, Lip G . Markers of thrombin and platelet activity in patients with atrial fibrillation: correlation with stroke among 1531 participants in the stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation III study. Stroke. 1999; 30(12):2547-53. DOI: 10.1161/01.str.30.12.2547. View

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Rodevan O, Bjornerheim R, Ljosland M, Maehle J, Smith H, Ihlen H . Left atrial volumes assessed by three- and two-dimensional echocardiography compared to MRI estimates. Int J Card Imaging. 1999; 15(5):397-410. DOI: 10.1023/a:1006276513186. View

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Quinones M, GREENBERG B, Kopelen H, Koilpillai C, Limacher M, Shindler D . Echocardiographic predictors of clinical outcome in patients with left ventricular dysfunction enrolled in the SOLVD registry and trials: significance of left ventricular hypertrophy. Studies of Left Ventricular Dysfunction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000; 35(5):1237-44. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00511-8. View

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Ciaroni S, Cuenoud L, Bloch A . Clinical study to investigate the predictive parameters for the onset of atrial fibrillation in patients with essential hypertension. Am Heart J. 2000; 139(5):814-9. DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(00)90012-7. View

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Goette A, Staack T, Rocken C, Arndt M, Geller J, Huth C . Increased expression of extracellular signal-regulated kinase and angiotensin-converting enzyme in human atria during atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000; 35(6):1669-77. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00611-2. View

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Li D, Melnyk P, Feng J, Wang Z, Petrecca K, Shrier A . Effects of experimental heart failure on atrial cellular and ionic electrophysiology. Circulation. 2000; 101(22):2631-8. DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.101.22.2631. View

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Goette A, Arndt M, Rocken C, Spiess A, Staack T, Geller J . Regulation of angiotensin II receptor subtypes during atrial fibrillation in humans. Circulation. 2000; 101(23):2678-81. DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.101.23.2678. View

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van der Velden H, Ausma J, Rook M, Hellemons A, van Veen T, Allessie M . Gap junctional remodeling in relation to stabilization of atrial fibrillation in the goat. Cardiovasc Res. 2000; 46(3):476-86. DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6363(00)00026-2. View

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Maier L, Barckhausen P, Weisser J, Aleksic I, Baryalei M, Pieske B . Ca(2+) handling in isolated human atrial myocardium. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2000; 279(3):H952-8. DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.279.3.H952. View

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Cote K, Proteau S, Teijeira J, Rousseau E . Characterization of the sarcoplasmic reticulum k(+) and Ca(2+)-release channel-ryanodine receptor-in human atrial cells. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2000; 32(11):2051-63. DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.2000.1236. View

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Mondillo S, Sabatini L, Agricola E, Ammaturo T, Guerrini F, Barbati R . Correlation between left atrial size, prothrombotic state and markers of endothelial dysfunction in patients with lone chronic nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation. Int J Cardiol. 2000; 75(2-3):227-32. DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5273(00)00336-3. View