@misc{cogprints4288, volume = {3}, number = {2}, month = {April}, author = {Mauro Biffi and Giuseppe Boriani}, editor = {Balbir Singh and Yash Lokhandwala and Johnson Francis and Anup Gupta}, title = {Atrial Remodeling: Evolving Concepts}, publisher = {Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group}, year = {2003}, journal = {Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal}, pages = {81--87}, keywords = {atrial remodeling}, url = {http://cogprints.org/4288/}, abstract = {The term "Electrophysiological remodeling" defines the changes of atrial electrophysiologic properties taking place in atrial myocites during atrial fibrillation and/or following periods of sustained atrial fibrillation (AF). Early research was prompted by clinical observations: many patients were seen to get through increasingly frequent and longer paroxisms of AF to persistent AF, until chronic AF eventually ensued, without significant changes of underlying heart disease. } }