Prevalence of isolated atrial amyloidosis in young patients affected by congestive heart failure

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Millucci, Lia ^a   Ghezzi, Lorenzo ^a   Bernardini, Giulia ^a   Braconi, Daniela ^a   Tanganelli, Piero ^a   Santucci, Annalisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONGO RED FLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATED ATRIAL AMYLOIDOSIS; MALE; AMYLOIDOSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART FAILURE; ITALY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AMYLOIDOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84859716646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/293863     Document Type: Article

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