Arrangement of the Autonomic Nerves Around the Pulmonary Vein-Left Atrial Junctions: Histologic and Immunohistochemical Analyses

Journal of Arrhythmia

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 234-241

  Matsuyama, Taka Aki ^a   Inoue, Shin ^b   Kobayashi, Youichi ^a   Makino, Mutsuki ^a   Sakai, Tetsuo ^a   Saito, Tsukasa ^a   Asano, Taku ^a   Tanno, Kaoru ^a   Ota, Hidekazu ^a   Katagiri, Takashi ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Showa University Dental Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Histology; Myocardial sleeve; Nerve distribution; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009579126     PISSN: 18804276     EISSN: 18832148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4020/jhrs.22.234     Document Type: Article

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