Anatomic characteristics of extensions of atrial myocardium into the pulmonary veins in subjects with and without atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1348-1355

  Kholová, Ivana ^a   Kautzner, Josef ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Catheter ablation; Pulmonary veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PULMONARY VEIN;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 0038120982     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.t01-1-00193.x     Document Type: Article

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