Potential Implications of the Helical Heart in Congenital Heart Defects

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-67

  Corno, Antonio F ^a   Kocica, Mladen J ^b  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

cardiac embryology; Helical ventricular myocardial band (HVMB); pulmonary valve regurgitation; tetralogy of Fallot; ventriculo arterial discordance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; EMBRYOLOGY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; HEART SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS;

EID: 34047270475     PISSN: 10929126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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