Fibrosis in left atrial tissue of patients with atrial fibrillation with and without underlying mitral valve disease

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 400-405

  Boldt, A ^a   Wetzel, U ^b   Lauschke, J ^b   Weigl, J ^b   Gummert, J ^a   Hindricks, G ^b   Kottkamp, H ^b   Dhein, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Cardiology Division   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; FIBRONECTIN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINUS RHYTHM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 1642545563     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.015347     Document Type: Article

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