Patterns of isolated atrial amyloid: A study of 100 hearts on autopsy

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 287-290

  Steiner, Ivo ^a   Hájková, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Isolated atrial amyloid; Senile amyloid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; ISOLATED HEART; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYLOIDOSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOPSY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33748438415     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2006.01.005     Document Type: Article

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