Innervation of the atrioventricular and semi-lunar heart valves: A review

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 463-469

  Borin, Christophe ^a   Vanhercke, Daniel ^b   Weyns, Andre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint Lucas Gent   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac innervation; Heart valve

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AGING; AORTA VALVE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CHORDA TENDINEA; EMBRYOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART CYCLE; HEART INNERVATION; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITRAL VALVE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ANIMALS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

EID: 33748474245     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.61.4.2017309     Document Type: Review

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