Histopathological evaluation of left atrial appendage thrombogenesis removed during surgery for atrial fibrillation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 704-711

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

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KANTO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STUDENT T TEST; THROMBOGENESIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33947329699     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.01.036     Document Type: Article

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