Diverse myocardial extension and autonomic innervation on ligament of Marshall in humans

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 594-599

  Makino, Mutsuki ^a   Inoue, Shin ^b   Matsuyama, Taka Aki ^a   Ogawa, Genyou ^c   Sakai, Tetsuo ^a   Kobayashi, You Ichi ^a   Katagiri, Takashi ^a   Ota, Hidekazu ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Showa University Dental Hospital   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY KOTO TOYOSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Ligament of Marshall; Oblique vein; Parasympathetic ganglion; Sympathetic nerve fibers

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; AUTOPSY; CORONARY SINUS; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEART; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT OF MARSHALL; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; HEART; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 33744475839     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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