Substrates of atrial arrhythmias: Histological insights from patients with congenital heart disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2481-2486

  Ueda, Akiko ^a   Adachi, Iki ^b   McCarthy, Karen P ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Ho, Siew Yen ^a   Uemura, Hideki ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Congenital heart disease; Pathology; Remodelling

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM REMODELING; HEART STRESS; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TISSUE DEGENERATION; ADOLESCENT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COMPLICATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HEART ATRIUM; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885649070     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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