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Atrial Fibrillation and Fibrosis: Beyond the Cardiomyocyte Centric View

Atrial fibrillation (AF) associated with fibrosis is characterized by the appearance of interstitial myofibroblasts. These cells are responsible for the uncontrolled deposition of the extracellular matrix, which pathologically separate cardiomyocyte bundles. The enhanced fibrosis is thought to contr...

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Autores principales: Miragoli, Michele, Glukhov, Alexey V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4502285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26229964
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/798768