Anatomy of cardiac nodes and atrioventricular specialized conduction system;Anatomía de los nodos cardíacos y del sistema de conducción específico auriculoventricular

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1085-1092

  Sánchez Quintana, Damián ^a   Ho, Siew Yew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Catheter ablation; His bundle; Myocardium; Sinoatrial node

Indexed keywords

ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HIS BUNDLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; REVIEW; SINUS NODE;

EID: 0347917214     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13054255     Document Type: Review

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