Atrial fibrillation in human patients is associated with increased collagen type V and TGFbeta1

Background and aim: Atrial fibrosis is an important factor in initiating and maintaining atrial fibrillation (AF). Collagen V belongs to fibrillar collagens. There are, however no data on collagen V in AF. The aim of this work was to study the quantity of collagen V and its relationship with the num...

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Main Authors: Sawa Kostin, Manfred Richter, Natalia Ganceva, Benjamin Sasko, Theodoros Giannakopoulos, Oliver Ritter, Zoltan Szalay, Nikolaos Pagonas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906723001586