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Lone Atrial Fibrillation: What Is the Anatomical and the Electrophysiological Substrate?

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Cardiac Arrhythmias 1999

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Atrial fibrillation is commonly associated with a structural heart disease such as valvular disease, coronary artery disease, or dilated cardiomyopathy. Lone atrial fibrillation may be defined as a form of paroxysmal, persistent, or permanent atrial fibrillation with a “pure” electrophysiological substrate. But, does a pure lone atrial fibrillation really exist? To answer this question, it is important to investigate carefully both the anatomic and the electrophysiologic substrates, including all modulating factors that may increase the probability of induction of atrial fibrillation.

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  1. Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Ospedali di Foligno, Foligno, Italy

    G. Bagliani

  2. Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Ospedale S. Maria, Terni, Italy

    M. Adam, M. Pirrami, P. Franciosa, G. Carreras, R. Apolloni, M. G. Bendini, M. Ridarelli & A. S. Montenero

  3. Dipartimento di Cardiologia, Università “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

    M. Villani

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Bagliani, G. et al. (2000). Lone Atrial Fibrillation: What Is the Anatomical and the Electrophysiological Substrate?. In: Raviele, A. (eds) Cardiac Arrhythmias 1999. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2139-6_5

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