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Gender differences in fibrosis remodeling in patients with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation

The success rate of catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation (AF) is known to be lower in females than in males. However, while the exact mechanism for this phenomenon remains to be elucidated, tissue fibrosis may play an important role in this regard. It has been shown that fibrosis promotes AF and...

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Autores principales: Li, Zhi, Wang, Zengwei, Yin, Zongtao, Zhang, Yuji, Xue, Xiaodong, Han, Jinsong, Zhu, Yan, Zhang, Jian, Emmert, Maximilian Y., Wang, Huishan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Impact Journals LLC 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5581144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28881845
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.16342