title: Addition of TGF-β1 to existing clinical risk scores does not improve prediction for arrhythmia recurrences after catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation.
authors.affiliation: University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: jelena.kornej@gmx.de.
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kornej
authors.affiliation: University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ueberham
authors.affiliation: University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Josephin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidl
authors.affiliation: University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Husser
authors.affiliation: University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.affiliation: University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hindricks
authors.affiliation: University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Department of Electrophysiology, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bollmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012008:Recurrence; D012107:Research Design; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1 / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1
keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Fibrosis; Recurrences; Scores; TGF-β1