Cardiac fibrosis

NG Frangogiannis - Cardiovascular research, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Myocardial fibrosis, the expansion of the cardiac interstitium through deposition of
extracellular matrix proteins, is a common pathophysiologic companion of many different …

Cardiac fibrosis: Cell biological mechanisms, molecular pathways and therapeutic opportunities

NG Frangogiannis - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Cardiac fibrosis is a common pathophysiologic companion of most myocardial diseases,
and is associated with systolic and diastolic dysfunction, arrhythmogenesis, and adverse …

Early diagnosis and better rhythm management to improve outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation: the 8th AFNET/EHRA consensus conference

RB Schnabel, EA Marinelli, E Arbelo, G Boriani… - Europace, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Despite marked progress in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF), detecting AF remains
difficult and AF-related complications cause unacceptable morbidity and mortality even on …

Atrial fibrillation and stroke

SE Choi, D Sagris, A Hill, GYH Lip… - Expert Review of …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Stroke is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity globally. Atrial
fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. It is set to reach epidemic …

Atrial Failure as a Clinical Entity: JACC Review Topic of the Week

F Bisbal, A Baranchuk, E Braunwald… - Journal of the American …, 2020‏ - jacc.org
Atrial dysfunction has been widely considered a marker or consequence of other cardiac
conditions rather than the cause itself. Here, we propose the term atrial failure as a clinically …

Atrial fibrillation and cardiac fibrosis

C Sohns, NF Marrouche - European heart journal, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
The understanding of atrial fibrillation (AF) evolved from a sole rhythm disturbance towards
the complex concept of a cardiomyopathy based on arrhythmia substrates. There is …

Longer and better lives for patients with atrial fibrillation: the 9th AFNET/EHRA consensus conference

D Linz, JG Andrade, E Arbelo, G Boriani… - Europace, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Aims Recent trial data demonstrate beneficial effects of active rhythm management in
patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and support the concept that a low arrhythmia burden is …

Temporal association between episodes of atrial fibrillation and risk of ischemic stroke

DE Singer, PD Ziegler, JL Koehler, S Sarkar… - JAMA …, 2021‏ - jamanetwork.com
Importance Understanding the temporal association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and
ischemic stroke informs our understanding of the AF-stroke mechanism and treatment of …

Atrial cardiomyopathy revisited—evolution of a concept: a clinical consensus statement of the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the ESC, the Heart …

A Goette, D Corradi, D Dobrev, L Aguinaga… - Europace, 2024‏ - academic.oup.com
Aims The concept of “atrial cardiomyopathy”(AtCM) had been percolating through the
literature since its first mention in 1972. Since then, publications using the term were …

Left atrial fibrosis in atrial fibrillation: Mechanisms, clinical evaluation and management

J Ma, Q Chen, S Ma - Journal of Cellular and Molecular …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Atrial fibrillation (AF), the commonest arrhythmia, shows associations with various disease
conditions. Mounting evidence indicates that atrial fibrosis is an important part of the …