A Prospective DE-MRI Study Evaluating the Role of TGF-β1 in Left Atrial Fibrosis and Implications for Outcomes of Cryoballoon-Based Catheter Ablation: New Insights into Primary Fibrotic Atriocardiomyopathy

Association of Atrial Tissue Fibrosis Identified by Delayed Enhancement MRI and Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation

(2014) Nassir F. Marrouche et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Immediate and medium-term outcomes of cryoballoon-based pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation: single-centre experience

(2013) Kudret Aytemir et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

2012 HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Patient Selection, Procedural Techniques, Patient Management and Follow-up, Definitions, Endpoints, and Research Trial Design: A report of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) Task Force on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Developed in partnership with the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society (ECAS); and in collaboration with the American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society (APHRS), and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS). Endorsed by the governing bodies of the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, the European Cardiac Arrhythmia Society, the European Heart Rhythm Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society, and the Heart Rhythm Society

(2012) H. Calkins et al.   EUROPACE

Transforming growth factor-β1 level and outcome after catheter ablation for nonparoxysmal atrial fibrillation

(2012) Cheng-Hsueh Wu et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Fibrotic Atrial Cardiomyopathy: A Specific Disease/Syndrome Supplying Substrates for Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Tachycardia, Sinus Node Disease, AV Node Disease, and Thromboembolic Complications

(2012) HANS KOTTKAMP   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Efficacy and safety of cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation: A systematic review of published studies

(2011) Jason G. Andrade et al.   HEART RHYTHM

High Plasma Concentrations of Transforming Growth Factor-β and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1

(2010) Sook Kyoung Kim et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation: The Task Force for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

(2010) et al.   EUROPACE

Evaluation of the left atrial substrate in patients with lone atrial fibrillation using delayed-enhanced MRI: Implications for disease progression and response to catheter ablation

(2010) Christian Mahnkopf et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Atrial Fibrosis Helps Select the Appropriate Patient and Strategy in Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: A DE-MRI Guided Approach

(2010) NAZEM AKOUM et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Detection and Quantification of Left Atrial Structural Remodeling With Delayed-Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2009) Robert S. Oakes et al.   CIRCULATION

Paroxysmal Lone Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With an Abnormal Atrial Substrate

(2009) Martin K. Stiles et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Atrial Fibrosis: Mechanisms and Clinical Relevance in Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Brett Burstein et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY