Histologic and ultrastructural examination of atrial tissue regarding the main entities responsible of human atrial fibrillation, is reported. The pathologic changes deriving from various disorders, like degenerative, inflammatory, ischemic diseases as well as from cardiac aging and hormonal imbalance are analysed. Structural changes associated with lone atrial fibrillation and investigated by atrial biopsy are also described, as being able to provide useful information on the disease's etiology, prognosis and treatment. (C) 2009 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Histological substrate of human atrial fibrillation / Chimenti, Cristina; Russo, Matteo Antonio; Angelo, Carpi; Frustaci, Andrea. - In: BIOMÉDECINE & PHARMACOTHÉRAPIE. - ISSN 0753-3322. - STAMPA. - 64:3(2010), pp. 177-183. [10.1016/j.biopha.2009.09.017]
Histological substrate of human atrial fibrillation
CHIMENTI, CRISTINA;RUSSO, Matteo Antonio;FRUSTACI, ANDREA
2010
Abstract
Histologic and ultrastructural examination of atrial tissue regarding the main entities responsible of human atrial fibrillation, is reported. The pathologic changes deriving from various disorders, like degenerative, inflammatory, ischemic diseases as well as from cardiac aging and hormonal imbalance are analysed. Structural changes associated with lone atrial fibrillation and investigated by atrial biopsy are also described, as being able to provide useful information on the disease's etiology, prognosis and treatment. (C) 2009 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
