Capillary Supply to the Sinus Node in Subjects with Long-Term Atrial Fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-43

  Hurlé, Aquilino ^a   Sánchez Quintana, Damián ^b   Ho, Siew Y ^c   Bernabeu, Eduardo ^a   Murillo, Margarita ^b   Climent, Vicente ^b  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BIOPSY; CAPILLARIES; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; SINOATRIAL NODE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76449101562     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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