Clinical importance of intramural blood vessels in the sino-atrial segment of the conducting system of the heart

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 359-363

  Ovcina F ^a   Cemerlic D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARAJEVO   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillary network density; Heart surgery; S A system; Sinonodal artery, anatomic variations

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DOG; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MICROSCOPY; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031458437     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01628501     Document Type: Article

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