cardioКардиологияKardiologiia0022-90402412-5660Kardiomag10.18087/cardio.2017.12.10063cardio-67Research ArticleАРИТМИИ СЕРДЦАCARDIAC ARRHYTHMIASГендерные особенности желудочково-предсердного ремоделирования при рецидивирующей фибрилляции предсердий у больных ишемической болезнью сердца с артериальной гипертониейGender Specific Characteristics of Ventricular-Atrial Remodeling in Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation in Ischemic Heart Disease Patients With Arterial HypertensionКобалаваЖ. Д.KobalavaZh. D.noemail@neicon.ruКоханЕ. В.KokhanE. V.noemail@neicon.ruКиякбаевГ. К.KiyakbaevG. K.noemail@neicon.ruШаваровА. А.ShavarovA. A.shavarov@yahoo.comФедеральное государственное автономное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования «Российский университет дружбы народов»; ФГБОУ ВО «Московский государственный университет им. М.В. Ломоносова»РоссияPeoples Friendship University of Russia; Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussian FederationФГБОУ ВО «Московский государственный университет им. М.В. Ломоносова»РоссияLomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussian Federation20171711201857122533Copyright © Kardiomag, 20182018KardiomagKardiomaghttps://cardio.elpub.ru/jour/about/submissions#copyrightNoticehttps://cardio.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/67фибрилляция предсердийремоделирование сердцагендерные различияишемическая болезнь сердцаартериальная гипертонияatrial fibrillationcardiac remodelinggender differencesischemic heart diseasehypertensionReferencesMarzec L., Wang J., Shah N. et al. Influence of Direct Oral Anticoagulants on Rates of Oral Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation. J. Am Coll Cardiol 2017; 69 (20): 2475-2484.Marzec L., Wang J., Shah N. et al. Influence of Direct Oral Anticoagulants on Rates of Oral Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation. J. 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