Atrial electrical and structural changes associated with longstanding hypertension in humans: implications for the substrate for atrial fibrillation

J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2011 Dec;22(12):1317-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02125.x. Epub 2011 Jul 7.

Authors

Caroline Medi¹, Jonathan M Kalman, Steven J Spence, Andrew W Teh, Geoffrey Lee, Ilona Bader, David M Kaye, Peter M Kistler

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Alfred Hospital and Baker IDI, Melbourne, Australia.

PMID: 21736657
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2011.02125.x

No abstract available

© 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

MeSH terms

Aged
Animals
Atrial Fibrillation / etiology*
Diastole
Disease Models, Animal
Heart Atria / pathology*
Heart Atria / physiopathology*
Humans
Hypertension / complications*
Hypertension / pathology
Hypertension / physiopathology
Middle Aged
Rats