Pharmacological prevention of atrial tachycardia induced atrial remodeling as a potential therapeutic strategy.

@article{Shinagawa2003PharmacologicalPO,
  title={Pharmacological prevention of atrial tachycardia induced atrial remodeling as a potential therapeutic strategy.},
  author={Kaori Shinagawa and Katayoun Derakhchan and Stanley Nattel},
  journal={Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE},
  year={2003},
  volume={26 3},
  pages={
          752-64
        }
}

• Kaori Shinagawa, Katayoun Derakhchan, Stanley Nattel
• Published in Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE 2003

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia requiring medical therapy, and present treatment modalities are inadequate. Over the past few years, we have learned a great deal about the phenomenon of electrical remodeling, by which rapid atrial activation leads to changes in atrial electrical properties that promote AF initiation and maintenance. This knowledge opens up the possibility that electrical remodeling may itself be a novel therapeutic target in AF. The present paper… CONTINUE READING

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