Anatomy of the pig heart: Comparisons with normal human cardiac structure

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-119

  Crick, Simon J ^a   Sheppard, Mary N ^a   Ho, Siew Yen ^a   Gebstein, Lior ^b   Anderson, Robert H ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cardiac anatomy; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CORONARY SINUS; DISSECTION; HEART; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MITRAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SWINE; THORAX; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORONARY VESSELS; DISSECTION; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031705780     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878298003781     Document Type: Article

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