Mechanoelectrical coupling enhances initiation and affects perpetuation of atrial fibrillation during acute atrial dilation

Authors : Kuijpers NH; Potse M; van Dam PM; ten Eikelder HM; Verheule S; Prinzen FW;

Affiliations : Department of Biomedical Engineering, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Nico H.L. Kuijpers, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Knock-in gain-of-function sodium channel mutation prolongs atrial action potentials and alters atrial vulnerability

Authors : Blana A; Kaese S; Fortmüller L; Laakmann S; Damke D; van Bragt K; Eckstein J; Piccini I; Kirchhefer U; Nattel S; Breithardt G; Carmeliet P; Carmeliet E; Schotten U; Verheule S; Kirchhof P;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research Münster (IZKF Münster), Münster, Germany Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Larissa Fabritz, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, D-48129 Münster, Germany

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Knock-in gain-of-function sodium channel mutation prolongs atrial action potentials and alters atrial vulnerability

Authors : Blana A; Kaese S; Fortmüller L; Laakmann S; Damke D; van Bragt K; Eckstein J; Piccini I; Kirchhefer U; Nattel S; Breithardt G; Carmeliet P; Carmeliet E; Schotten U; Verheule S; Kirchhof P;

Affiliations : Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research Münster (IZKF Münster), Münster, Germany Address reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Larissa Fabritz, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Münster, D-48129 Münster, Germany

Journal : Heart Rhythm   (2010)

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Atrial sources of reactive oxygen species vary with the duration and substrate of atrial fibrillation: implications for the antiarrhythmic effect of statins.

Authors : Reilly SN; Jayaram R; Nahar K; Antoniades C; Verheule S; Channon KM; Alp NJ; Schotten U;

Affiliations : DPhil, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Level 6,West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK. barbara.casadei@cardiov.ox.ac.uk.

Journal : Heart and Education in Heart   (2011)

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Atrial sources of reactive oxygen species vary with the duration and substrate of atrial fibrillation: implications for the antiarrhythmic effect of statins.

Authors : Svetlana N. Reilly, MD, DPhil; Raja Jayaram, MD; Keshav Nahar; Charalambos Antoniades, MD, PhD; Sander Verheule, PhD; Keith M. Channon, MD, FRCP; Nicholas J. Alp, MD, PhD; Ulrich Schotten, MD, PhD;

Affiliations : Correspondence to Barbara Casadei, MD, DPhil, FRCP, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK. E-mail barbara.casadei@cardiov.ox.ac.uk

Journal : Circulation   (2011)

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Atrial Sources of Reactive Oxygen Species Vary With the Duration and Substrate of Atrial Fibrillation

Authors :

Affiliations : Correspondence to Barbara Casadei, MD, DPhil, FRCP, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK. E-mail barbara.casadei@cardiov.ox.ac.uk

Journal : Original Articles   (2011)

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Atrial Sources of Reactive Oxygen Species Vary With the Duration and Substrate of Atrial Fibrillation

Authors :

Affiliations : Correspondence to Barbara Casadei, MD, DPhil, FRCP, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford, Level 6, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK. E-mail barbara.casadei@cardiov.ox.ac.uk

Journal : Original Articles   (2011)

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Transmural Conduction Is the Predominant Mechanism of Breakthrough During Atrial Fibrillation

Authors :

Affiliations : Correspondence to Ulrich Schotten, MD, PhD, Department of Physiology, University Maastricht, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands. E-mail Schotten@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Journal : N/A   (2013)

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Rearrangement of Atrial Bundle Architecture and Consequent Changes in Anisotropy of Conduction Constitute the 3-Dimensional Substrate for Atrial Fibrillation

Authors :

Affiliations : From the Department of Physiology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands (B.M., S.Z., J.E., A.v.H., S.V., U.S.); Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Maastricht University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands (B.M., J.M.); Department of Engineering Science (C.A.) and Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics (R.A.B.B., D.T., V.G.), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland (J.E.); National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom (P.K.); and Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging, University College London, London, United Kingdom (D.J.S.).

Journal : N/A   (2013)

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Transmural Conduction Is the Predominant Mechanism of Breakthrough During Atrial Fibrillation

Authors :

Affiliations : From the Department of Physiology, University Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands (J.E., S.Z., D.L., B.M., S.V., A.v.H., M.A.A., U.S.); Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands (H.C.); and Department of Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland (J.E.).

Journal : N/A   (2013)

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