The presence of cardiotropic viral genomes is not increased in atrial tissue of atrial fibrillation patients.
Linghe WuR W EmmensJ van WezenbeekW StookerC P AllaartA B A VonkA C van RossumK C WolthersH W M NiessenP A J KrijnenPublished in: Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation (2022)
The presence of viral genomes is not increased in the atria of AF patients. These results do not support an important role for viral infection of the atria in the pathogenesis of AF.