Evidence of specialized conduction cells in human pulmonary veins of patients with atrial fibrillation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 803-809

  Perez Lugones, Alejandro ^a   McMahon, James T ^a   Ratliff, Norman B ^a   Saliba, Walid I ^a   Schweikert, Robert A ^a   Marrouche, Nassir F ^a   Saad, Eduardo B ^a   Navia, José L ^a   McCarthy, Patrick M ^a   Tchou, Patrick ^a   Gillinov, A Marc ^a   Natale, Andrea ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; P cells; Pulmonary; Sinus node; Veins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; PURKINJE FIBER; SINUS NODE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CADAVER; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PULMONARY VEINS; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 10744231837     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03075.x     Document Type: Article

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