Morphofunctional study of the junction between the left atrium and the pulmonary veins in patient with pulmonary hypertension
OBJECTIVE: To study the arrangement of the myocardial fiber bundles at the pulmonary venous left atrial junction in patients with pulmonary hypertension, and to discuss the pathophysiological importance of this element in the etiology of acute pulmonary edema. METHODS: We obtained 12 hearts and thei...
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| Idioma: | eng |
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2001
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| Texto completo: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2001000900003 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Oai: | oai:scielo:S0066-782X2001000900003 |