Tissue factor expression in atrial endothelia associated with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: possible involvement

Yoichi Nakamura1, Kazufumi Nakamura, Kengo Fukushima-Kusano

  • 1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Matsuyama Shimin Hospital, 2-6-5, Ohte-machi, Ehime, 790-0067, Matsuyama, Japan. ynakamur@mti.biglobe.ne.jp

Thrombosis Research
|December 18, 2003
PubMed
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