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Brett Burstein
Researcher at McGill University
Publications - 33
Citations - 3264
Brett Burstein is an academic researcher from McGill University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Emergency department. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 21 publications receiving 2943 citations. Previous affiliations of Brett Burstein include Montreal Children's Hospital & Université de Montréal.
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Atrial fibrosis: mechanisms and clinical relevance in atrial fibrillation.
Brett Burstein,Stanley Nattel +1 more
TL;DR: The current understanding of how atrial fibrosis creates a substrate for AF is reviewed, what is known about the mechanisms underlying fibrosis and its progression is summarized, and emerging therapeutic approaches aimed at attenuating structural remodeling to prevent AF are highlighted.
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Atrial remodeling and atrial fibrillation: mechanisms and implications.
TL;DR: The types of atrial remodeling, their underlying pathophysiology, the molecular basis of their occurrence, and finally, their potential therapeutic significance are reviewed.
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Differential Behaviors of Atrial Versus Ventricular Fibroblasts A Potential Role for Platelet-Derived Growth Factor in Atrial-Ventricular Remodeling Differences
TL;DR: Atrial fibroblasts behave differently than ventricular fibro Blasts over a range of in vitro and in vivo paradigms, with atrial Fibroblast showing enhanced reactivity that may explain greater atrial fibrotic responses.
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Changes in Connexin Expression and the Atrial Fibrillation Substrate in Congestive Heart Failure
Brett Burstein,Philippe Comtois,Georghia Michael,Kunihiro Nishida,Louis Villeneuve,Yung-Hsin Yeh,Stanley Nattel +6 more
TL;DR: CHF causes atrial connexin changes, but these are not essential for CHF-related conduction disturbances and AF promotion, which are rather related primarily to fibrotic interruption of muscle bundle continuity.
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Cellular signaling underlying atrial tachycardia remodeling of L-type calcium current
Xiao Yan Qi,Yung-Hsin Yeh,Yung-Hsin Yeh,Ling Xiao,Ling Xiao,Brett Burstein,Ange Maguy,Denis Chartier,Louis Villeneuve,Bianca J. J. M. Brundel,Dobromir Dobrev,Stanley Nattel,Stanley Nattel,Stanley Nattel +13 more
TL;DR: Rapid atrial cardiomyocyte activation causes Ca2+ loading, which activates the Ca2-dependent calmodulin–calcineurin–NFAT system to cause transcriptional downregulation of ICaL, restoring Ca 2+i to normal at the cost of APD reduction.