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Intermountain Medical Center

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Researchers have identified that enlargement of the left atrium of the heart is linked to abnormal activity of molecules that are associated with adverse changes in the heart's size, shape, structure, and function -- conditions that can lead to atrial fibrillation and death.

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Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute.

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