Murine left atrium and left atrial appendage structure and function: echocardiographic and morphologic evaluation.

Aim of this study was to provide an echocardiographic protocol for the description of the normal murine venous reservoir (atrium, appendage and pulmonary veins) and to investigate the possibility to use this approach to discriminate changes on left atrium (LA) and left atrial appendage (LAA) in a st...

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Main Authors: Francesca Colazzo, Laura Castiglioni, Luigi Sironi, Lucia Fontana, Elena Nobili, Matteo Franzosi, Uliano Guerrini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4415937?pdf=render