Alcohol Consumption, Left Atrial Diameter, and Atrial Fibrillation

BACKGROUND: Alcohol consumption has been associated with atrial fibrillation (AF) in several epidemiologic studies, but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We sought to test the hypothesis that an atrial myopathy, manifested by echocardiographic left atrial enlargement, explains the associatio...

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Autores principales: McManus, David D., Yin, Xiaoyan, Gladstone, Rachel, Vittinghoff, Eric, Vasan, Ramachandran S., Larson, Martin G., Benjamin, Emelia J., Marcus, Gregory M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5079048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27628571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004060

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5079048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27628571
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.004060

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