Structural remodelling of atrial myocardium in patients with cardiac valve disease and atrial fibrillation

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 158-163

  Wouters, L ^a   Liu, G S ^a   Flameng, W ^a   Thijssen, V ^a   Thone, F ^a   Borgers, M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrium; Remodelling; Ultrastructure; Valvular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVERSION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MITOCHONDRION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HETEROCHROMATIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0034493045     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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