Telomere Length Is Associated With Adverse Atrial Remodeling in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation
Telomere shortening is correlated with left atrial remodeling. Shorter telomeres are associated with a series of molecular events which could eventually lead to cardiac fibrosis and perpetuate AF.
Authors
- Martin Kirschner
- Erika Hilbold (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9808-3729)
- Vithurithra Tharmapalan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5648-0881)
- Matthias Daniel Zink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3889-5386)
- Nikolaus Marx (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6141-634X)
- Michael Gramlich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5233-6778)
- Wolfgang Wagner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1971-3217)
- Maximilian J. Waldner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5560-7665)
- Andreas Napp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5329-6675)
- Balram Neupane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5818-1981)
- Mahdi Emrani
- Paul Niehues
- Tim H. Brümmendorf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9677-3723)
- Fabian Beier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3718-8217)
- Margherita Vieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5484-4522)
- Chao‐Chung Kuo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8879-4754)
- Kabita Pradhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8602-6575)
- Oana‐Maria Thoma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1665-9753)
- Christian Bär (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9276-9383)
- Michael Kleines (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2317-1545)
Institutions
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (DE)
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (DE)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (DE)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Heart Association
- Published
- 2025-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.124.037512
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.66
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft