Abstract：
:Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and with an aging population its prevalence will increase. In addition to appropriate anticoagulation to reduce the thromboembolic risk, there has been an increasing need for a personalized approach in identifying which patients are likely to benefit more from atrial fibrillation ablation procedures. This review will discuss the role of myocardial fibrosis in patients with atrial fibrillation, its mechanistic role, association with biomarkers and how this could potentially be of use in the development of a risk score identifying the success of maintaining sinus rhythm following an electrophysiological ablation.
journal_name
Minerva Cardioangioljournal_title
Minerva cardioangiologicaauthors
Selvendran S,Aggarwal N,Li J,Tse G,Vassiliou VSdoi
10.23736/S0026-4725.17.04371-7subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-08-01 00:00:00pages
420-426issue
4eissn
0026-4725issn
1827-1618pii
S0026-4725.17.04371-7journal_volume
65pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is the common hemodynamic consequence of various pathophysiologic mechanisms. Since the publication of the most current American and European guidelines (2009) new agents were introduced into the clinical arena while data regarding former drugs has been substantiated. The therapeutic endeav...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:As echocardiography is being used more often, its value and accuracy are becoming more fully appreciated, especially for identifying normal anatomic variants and their possible erroneous interpretation as pathologic states. We report the echocardiographic and clinical findings observed in sixteen subjects examined at ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：AIM:To evaluate the relationship between body mass index (BMI), body fat distribution and some coronary heart disease risk factors like hyperlipidemia, hypertension and cigarette smoking. STUDY DESIGN:Cross-sectional. PLACE:Tiriolo, a little town close to Catanzaro, of prevalent rural economy. PARTICIPANTS:Volunteer...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0026-4725.17.04568-6
更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：: ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 信件
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更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：
更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:After the introduction of coronary balloon angioplasty, bare-metal, and drug-eluting stents, fully bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) could be the fourth revolution in interventional cardiology. The BRS technology shares the advantages of metallic stents regarding acute gain and prevention of acute vessel occlusion by prov...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:With radioisotopes it is possible to study the heart obtaining complementary or substitutive informations to those provided by the most common noninvasive methods of myocardial assessment and by coronarography. This paper aim is to report experience with thallium 201 and 99mTc isonitrile in the diagnosis and followup ...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the standardized supplement Robuvit® (oak wood extract) in defined diffuse, minimal lymphatic "retention" (DMLR). METHODS:Robuvit® has already been investigated in both primary and secondary (post-surgical, post chemo-radiotherapy) lymphatic insufficiency...
journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.23736/S0026-4725.19.05026-6
更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Minerva cardioangiologica
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00
