Atrial Fibrillation: The Science behind Its Defiance
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Atrial Fibrillation: The Science behind Its Defiance
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent arrhythmia in the world, due both to its tenacious treatment resistance, and to the tremendous number of risk factors that set the stage for the atria to fibrillate. Cardiopulmonary, behavioral, and psychological risk factors generate electrical and structural alterations of the atria that promote reentry and wavebreak. These culminate in fibrillat...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Aging and Disease
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2152-5250
DOI: 10.14336/ad.2016.0211