Myocardial infarction and atrial fibrillation: Importance of atrial ischemia

Alasady, Muayad; Shipp, Nicholas J.; Brooks, Anthony G.; Lim, Han S.; Lau, Dennis H.; Barlow, David; Kuklik, Pawel; Worthley, Matthew I.; Roberts-Thomson, Kurt C.; Saint, David Albert; Abhayaratna, Walter; Sanders, Prashanthan

Myocardial infarction and atrial fibrillation: Importance of atrial ischemia

Date

2013

Authors

Alasady, Muayad

Shipp, Nicholas J.

Brooks, Anthony G.

Lim, Han S.

Lau, Dennis H.

Barlow, David

Kuklik, Pawel

Worthley, Matthew I.

Roberts-Thomson, Kurt C.

Saint, David Albert

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Abstract

Background-Myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with the development of atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to characterize the atrial abnormalities because of MI and determine the role of ischemia to the AF substrate. Methods and Results-Forty-four sh