Left atrial posterior wall thickness in patients with and without atrial fibrillation: Data from 298 consecutive autopsies

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 689-692

  Platonov, Pyotr G ^a   Ivanov, Vitaly ^b   Ho, Siew Yen ^c   Mitrofanova, Lubov ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b PAVLOV FIRST SAINT PETERSBURG STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c ALMAZOV NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial anatomy; Atrial fibrillation; Complications; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CATHETER ABLATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM POSTERIOR WALL THICKNESS; HEART MASSAGE; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 48049098014     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2008.01102.x     Document Type: Article

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