Histopathological features of the resected left atrial appendage as predictors of recurrence after surgery for atrial fibrillation in valvular heart disease

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-78

  Saito, Tsunenori ^a,b   Tamura, Koichi ^a,d   Uchida, Daisuke ^a,c   Saito, Tomonari ^a   Togashi, Mayuko ^a   Nitta, Takashi ^a   Sugisaki, Yuichi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANTO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Mitral valve; Pathology; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33846013273     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.70     Document Type: Article

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