The Ventricular Myocardial Band of Torrent-Guasp - The Controversy: An Editorial

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-88

  Austin III, Erle H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUNT MICRODISSECTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EDITORIAL; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 34047267850     PISSN: 10929126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2007.02.001     Document Type: Editorial

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