Is Atrial Fibrillation a Necessary Component of the Thrombogenic Atrium?

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¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: saman.nazarian@uphs.upenn.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Saman Nazarian et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017.

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. 2017 Sep 12;70(11):1322-1324.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.07.733.

¹ Division of Cardiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: saman.nazarian@uphs.upenn.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Keywords: atrial remodeling; cardiac magnetic resonance; cardiomyopathies; heart atria; stroke; transient ischemic attack.

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Left Atrial Fibrosis and Risk of Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.
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