Regional left atrial interstitial remodeling in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation undergoing mitral-valve surgery

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 445, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 498-505

  Corradi, Domenico ^a   Callegari, Sergio ^b   Benussi, Stefano ^c   Nascimbene, Simona ^c   Pastori, Paolo ^b   Calvi, Simone ^c   Maestri, Roberta ^a   Astorri, Ettore ^a   Pappone, Carlo ^c   Alfieri, Ottavio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Fidenza Hospital   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ablation; Atrial fibrillation; Capillaries; Fibrosis; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CATHETER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MORPHOMETRICS; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; VASCULAR FIBROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 9944254279     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-004-1040-2     Document Type: Article

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