Congenital cystic tumors of the atrio-ventricular node: Successful demonstration by an abbreviated dissection of the conduction system

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 233-237

  Ford, Sally E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNCOPE; TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CYSTS; DISSECTION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032821757     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(99)00013-7     Document Type: Article

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