Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 4 , Pages 359-366 , July 2010

Effect of periodontitis on susceptibility to atrial fibrillation in an animal model

  • Guang Yu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Periodontology, Collage of Stomatology, Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
    • Guang Yu and Yang Yu contributed the same to the study.
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  • Yang Yu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, First Hospital of Harbin, Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
    • Guang Yu and Yang Yu contributed the same to the study.
    • ,
  • Yi Ning Li, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hospital of Stomatology, Zhejiang University, Yan'an Road Hangzhou, China
    • ,
  • Rong Shu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Periodontology, Collage of Stomatology, Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Periodontology, Collage of Stomatology, Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200011, Shanghai, China.

Received 11 August 2009

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☆ This study is supported by the fund of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education (Y200803889).

PII: S0022-0736(09)00611-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2009.12.002

Journal of Electrocardiology
Volume 43, Issue 4 , Pages 359-366 , July 2010

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