Open AccessPreventive effect of renin-angiotensin system inhibitor on left atrial remodelling in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation: long-term echocardiographic study
Author(s) -
Y Fukuda,
Naofumi Fukuda,
Shoji Morishita,
Yoshiyuki Tamura
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jeq193
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , renin–angiotensin system , left atrium , atrium (architecture) , blood pressure
Left atrium (LA) gradually enlarges with the time course of atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of this study was to examine whether the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitor could prevent LA remodelling in patients with chronic AF.
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