Fibrosis, myocardial crossings, disconnections, abrupt turns, and epicardial reflections: Do they play an actual role in human permanent atrial fibrillation? A controlled necropsy study

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-69

  De Oliveira, Ítalo Martins ^a   Oliveira, Bárbara Daniela ^a   Scanavacca, Maurício Ibrahim ^a   Gutierrez, Paulo Sampaio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Collagen; Myocardial fibrosis; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL FAT ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84870884100     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: 18791336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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