Increased Inflammatory Cell Infiltration in the Atrial Myocardium of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 861-865

  Chen, Mien Cheng ^a   Chang, Jen Ping ^b   Liu, Wen Hao ^a   Yang, Cheng Hsu ^a   Chen, Yung Lung ^a   Tsai, Tzu Hsien ^a   Wang, Ya Hui ^a   Pan, Kuo Li ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52349088317     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.05.038     Document Type: Article

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