The arrangement of muscle fibres in the region of the subthebesian fossa in the aspect of atrial flutter

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 283-289

  Kozłowski, Dariusz ^a   Owerczuk, Adam ^a   Piwko, Grzegorz ^a   Piszczatowska, Grazyna ^a   Kozłowska, Magdalena ^a   Bigus, Krzysztof ^a   Grzybiak, Marek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Macroreentry wave; Subthebesian fossa; Typical atrial flutter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRICUSPID VALVE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOCARDIUM; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0036861614     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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