Koch's triangle in pediatric age: Correlation with extra- and intracardiac parameters

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1576-1579

  Francalanci, Paola ^a   Drago, Fabrizio ^a   Agostino, Domenico Antonio ^a   Di Liso, Gaetano ^a   Di Ciommo, Vincenzo ^a   Boldrini, Renata ^a   Ragonese, Pietro ^a   Bosman, Cesare ^b  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dimensions; Koch's triangle; Pediatric age

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ARRHYTHMIA; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BODY WEIGHT; CADAVER; CATHETER ABLATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 0031830971     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00245.x     Document Type: Article

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