The Cardiac Fibroblast: Functional and Electrophysiological Considerations in Healthy and Diseased Hearts

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Cardiac fibrosis occurs in a number of cardiovascular diseases associated with a high incidence of arrhythmias. A critical event in the development of fibrosis is the transformation of fibroblasts into an active phenotype or myofibroblast. This transformation results in functional changes including increased proliferation and changes in the release of signaling molecules and extracellular matrix deposition....

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