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- Title
Pre-treatment with Irbesartan attenuates left atrial stunning after electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation.
- Authors
Dagres, Nikolaos; Karatasakis, George; Panou, Fotios; Athanassopoulos, Georgios; Maounis, Themistoclis; Tsougos, Elias; Kourea, Kallirrhoe; Malakos, Ioannis; Kremastinos, Dimitrios Th.; Cokkinos, Dennis V.
- Abstract
Aims Left atrial (LA) stunning, the transient impairment of LA function, is responsible for an increased thrombo-embolic risk after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AF). Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) attenuate atrial remodelling in AF and could theoretically influence LA stunning. We studied the effect of Irbesartan on LA stunning.
- Publication
European Heart Journal, 2006, Vol 27, Issue 17, p2062
- ISSN
0195-668X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/eurheartj/ehl190