Structural changes of atrial myocardium due to sustained atrial fibrillation in the goat

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3157-3163

  Ausma, Jannie ^c   Wijffels, Maurits ^c   Thoné, Fred ^a   Wouters, Luc ^a   Allessie, Maurits ^c   Borgers, Marcel ^a,b  

^a JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Atrium; Fibrillation; Myocytes; Structure; Stunning, myocardial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GOAT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE;

EID: 0030725214     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.9.3157     Document Type: Article

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