Histological substrate of atrial biopsies in patients with lone atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1180-1184

  Frustaci, Andrea ^a   Chimenti, Cristina ^a   Bellocci, Fulvio ^a   Morgante, Emanuela ^a,b   Russo, Matteo A ^a,b   Maseri, Attilio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Fibrillation; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030763103     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.4.1180     Document Type: Article

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