Echocardiographic and morphologic examination of left ventricular false tendons in human and animal hearts

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 389-395

  Kervancioglu M ^a   Ozbag D ^a   Kervancioǧlu, Piraye ^a   Hatipoglu E S ^a   Kilinc M ^b   Yilmaz, F ^a   Deniz, M ^c  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac morphology; Echocardiography; False tendons; Left ventricle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FALSE TENDON; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TENDON;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOATS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PURKINJE FIBERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TENDONS;

EID: 0042510410     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.10152     Document Type: Article

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