The development of the atrioventricular junction in the human heart

Circulation Research

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 110-117

  Wessels, A ^a,c   Markman, M W M ^a   Vermeulen, J L M ^a   Anderson, R H ^a,b   Moorman, A F M ^a   Lamers, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

accessory connections; atrioventricular junction; cushion; heart; sulcus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; EMBRYO; FETUS; HEART ACCESSORY CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0030045347     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.78.1.110     Document Type: Article

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