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Pulmonary veins-left atrial junction: anatomic and histological study.
Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE - 1 Nov 2000
Moubarak J B, Rozwadowski J V, Strzalka C T, Buck W R, Tan W S, Kish G F, Kisiel T, Fronc H C, Maloney J D
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary veins (PVs) are the target of ablation procedures to cure paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). There are few anatomic and histological studies of PVs. Sixteen human hearts were obtained from autopsies performed at our hospital and cadavers from a local medical school. The anatomic relationship between the PVs and the left atrium (LA) was categorized according to the spatial orientation of the veins...
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