title: Obstructive sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation: is the link real?
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division, University of California San Diego and UCSD Veteran Affairs Medical System, La Jolla, California. Electronic address: amalhotra@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Atul
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Division of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Tomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Neilan
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division, University of California San Diego and UCSD Veteran Affairs Medical System, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sarmiento
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D064752:Atrial Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: animal; atrial pressure; connexin-43; lung; models; pulmonary veins; rats; ventricular remodeling