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Left Atrial Size and Function in a Canine Model of Chronic Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure

BACKGROUND: Our aim was to assess how atrial fibrillation (AF) induction, chronicity, and RR interval irregularity affect left atrial (LA) function and size in the setting of underlying heart failure (HF), and to determine whether AF effects can be mitigated by vagal nerve stimulation (VNS). METHODS...

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Autores principales: Goldberg, Adam, Kusunose, Kenya, Qamruddin, Salima, Rodriguez, L. Leonardo, Mazgalev, Todor N., Griffin, Brian P., Van Wagoner, David R., Zhang, Youhua, Popović, Zoran B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26771573
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147015