Anatomy of the atrioventricular node and atrioventricular conduction system

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3665-3674

  Ho, Siew Yen ^a   McCarthy, Karen P ^a   Ansari, Aneel ^a   Thomas, Penny S ^b   Sánchez Quintana, Damian ^c  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Conduction; Heart

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; TISSUE;

ANATOMY; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION SYSTEMS; HEART;

CARDIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642304549     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127403008879     Document Type: Article

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