The Helical Ventricular Myocardial Band of Torrent-Guasp

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-60

  Kocica, Mladen J ^a   Corno, Antonio F ^b   Lackovic, Vesna ^c   Kanjuh, Vladimir I ^d  

^a Clinic for Cardiac Surgery

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d SERBIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Helical ventricular myocardial band of Torrent Guasp; ventricular myocardium

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSCOPY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 34047276018     PISSN: 10929126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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