Chiari anomalies in the human right atrium

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 510-516

  Bhatnagar, Kunwar P ^a   Nettleton, G S ^a   Campbell, Femrell R ^a   Wagner, Charles E ^a   Kuwabara, Nobuyuki ^a   Muresian, Horia ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b San Donate Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary sinus valve; Inferior vena cava valve; Right atrial net

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHIARI FROMMEL SYNDROME; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FETUS HEART; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 33750014953     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20195     Document Type: Article

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