Atrial fibrillation in pure rheumatic mitral valvular disease is expression of an atrial histological change

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 431-442

  Alessandri, Nicola ^a   Tufano, F ^a   Petrassi, M ^a   Alessandri, C ^a   Di Cristofano, C ^b   Della Rocca, C ^b   Gallo, P ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute articular rheumatism; Atrial fibrillation; Left atrium; Mitral valve; Sinus rhythm

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; CHRONICITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RHYTHM; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RHEUMATIC FEVER; SINUS RHYTHM; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949136307     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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