Cardiovascular Research

Editorial

Stanley Nattel, Maurits Allessie, and Michel Haissaguerre

Spotlight on atrial fibrillation—the ‘complete arrhythmia’
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 197-203; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00324-3 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Get checked abstract José Jalife, Omer Berenfeld, and Moussa Mansour

Mother rotors and fibrillatory conduction: a mechanism of atrial fibrillation
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 204-216; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00223-7 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Albert L. Waldo

Mechanisms of atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation: distinct entities or two sides of a coin?
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 217-229; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00549-1 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maurits Allessie, Jannie Ausma, and Ulrich Schotten

Electrical, contractile and structural remodeling during atrial fibrillation
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 230-246; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00258-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andreas Goette, Uwe Lendeckel, and Helmut U Klein

Signal transduction systems and atrial fibrillation
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 247-258; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00521-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ralph F Bosch and Stanley Nattel

Cellular electrophysiology of atrial fibrillation
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 259-269; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00529-6 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Huub M.W van der Velden and Habo J Jongsma

Cardiac gap junctions and connexins: their role in atrial fibrillation and potential as therapeutic targets
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 270-279; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00557-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jeffrey E. Olgin and Sander Verheule

Transgenic and knockout mouse models of atrial arrhythmias
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 280-286; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00225-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jacques M.T. de Bakker, Siew Y. Ho, and Mélèze Hocini

Basic and clinical electrophysiology of pulmonary vein ectopy
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 287-294; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00532-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peng-Sheng Chen, Tsu-Juey Wu, Chun Hwang, Shengmei Zhou, Yuji Okuyama, Akira Hamabe, Yasushi Miyauchi, Che-Ming Chang, Lan S. Chen, Michael C. Fishbein, and Hrayr S. Karagueuzian

Thoracic veins and the mechanisms of non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 295-301; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00554-5 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Akihiko Shimizu and Osmar Antonio Centurion

Electrophysiological properties of the human atrium in atrial fibrillation
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 302-314; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00262-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bianca J.J.M. Brundel, Robert H. Henning, Harm H. Kampinga, Isabelle C. Van Gelder, and Harry J.G.M. Crijns

Molecular mechanisms of remodeling in human atrial fibrillation
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 315-324; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00222-5 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Siew Yen Ho, Robert H. Anderson, and Damián Sánchez-Quintana

Atrial structure and fibres: morphologic bases of atrial conduction
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 325-336; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00226-2 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pierre Jaïs, Rukshen Weerasooriya, Dipen C. Shah, Mélèze Hocini, Laurent Macle, Kee-Joon Choi, Christophe Scavee, Michel Haïssaguerre, and Jacques Clémenty

Ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF): Past, present and future
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 337-346; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00263-8 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stanley Nattel

Therapeutic implications of atrial fibrillation mechanisms: can mechanistic insights be used to improve AF management?
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 347-360; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00562-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original Article

Get checked abstract Sawa Kostin, Gabi Klein, Zoltan Szalay, Stefan Hein, Erwin P Bauer, and Jutta Schaper

Structural correlate of atrial fibrillation in human patients
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 361-379; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00273-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bianca J.J.M Brundel, Jannie Ausma, Isabelle C van Gelder, Johan J.L Van Der Want, Wiek H van Gilst, Harry J.G.M Crijns, and Robert H Henning

Activation of proteolysis by calpains and structural changes in human paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 380-389; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00289-4 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andreas Goette, Gina Juenemann, Brigitte Peters, Helmut U. Klein, Albert Roessner, Christof Huth, and Christoph Röcken

Determinants and consequences of atrial fibrosis in patients undergoing open heart surgery
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 390-396; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00251-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Dobromir Dobrev, Erich Wettwer, Ariane Kortner, Michael Knaut, Stephan Schüler, and Ursula Ravens

Human inward rectifier potassium channels in chronic and postoperative atrial fibrillation
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 397-404; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00555-7 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Takuya Yagi, Jielin Pu, Parag Chandra, Motoki Hara, Peter Danilo, Jr., Michael R Rosen, and Penelope A Boyden

Density and function of inward currents in right atrial cells from chronically fibrillating canine atria
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 405-415; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00279-1 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract James Kneller, Hui Sun, Normand Leblanc, and Stanley Nattel

Remodeling of Ca²⁺-handling by atrial tachycardia: evidence for a role in loss of rate-adaptation
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 416-426; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00274-2 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Victor L.J.L Thijssen, Huub M.W van der Velden, Erwin P van Ankeren, Jannie Ausma, Maurits A Allessie, Marcel Borgers, Guillaume J.J.M van Eys, and Habo J Jongsma

Analysis of altered gene expression during sustained atrial fibrillation in the goat
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 427-437; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00260-2 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kaori Shinagawa, Hideo Mitamura, Satoshi Ogawa, and Stanley Nattel

Effects of inhibiting Na⁺/H⁺-exchange or angiotensin converting enzyme on atrial tachycardia-induced remodeling
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 438-446; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00515-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yasuo Kurita, Hideo Mitamura, Akiko Shiroshita-Takeshita, Akiko Yamane, Masaki Ieda, Osamu Kinebuchi, Toshiaki Sato, Shunichiro Miyoshi, Motoki Hara, Seiji Takatsuki, and Satoshi Ogawa

Daily oral verapamil before but not after rapid atrial excitation prevents electrical remodeling
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 447-455; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00269-9 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yanfen Shi, Danshi Li, Jean-Claude Tardif, and Stanley Nattel

Enalapril effects on atrial remodeling and atrial fibrillation in experimental congestive heart failure
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 456-461; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00243-2 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Evgeny P. Anyukhovsky, Eugene A. Sosunov, Alexei Plotnikov, Ravil Z. Gainullin, Jeffrey S. Jhang, Charles C. Marboe, and Michael R. Rosen

Cellular electrophysiologic properties of old canine atria provide a substrate for arrhythmogenesis
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 462-469; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00271-7 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Benjamin J. Scherlag, William S. Yamanashi, Patrick Schauerte, Michael Scherlag, Ying-Xian Sun, Yuemei Hou, Warren M. Jackman, and Ralph Lazzara

Endovascular stimulation within the left pulmonary artery to induce slowing of heart rate and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 470-475; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00239-0 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ruediger Becker, Julia C Senges, Alexander Bauer, Kirsten D Schreiner, Frederik Voss, Wolfgang Kuebler, and Wolfgang Schoels

Suppression of atrial fibrillation by multisite and septal pacing in a novel experimental model
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 476-481; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00231-6 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Front-matter/Back-matter

List of Keywords
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 482; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00375-9 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Instructions to Authors
Cardiovasc Res 2002 54: 483; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00376-0 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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