An anatomical study of the human cardiac veins with special reference to the drainage of the great cardiac vein

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 535-542

  Kawashima, Tomokazu ^a   Sato, Kenji ^b   Sato, Fumi ^a   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac veins; Gross anatomy; Heart; Human; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY VEIN; HEART ATRIUM; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOLOGY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

SPRING VIREMIA OF CARP VIRUS;

EID: 0347382522     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(03)80122-X     Document Type: Article

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