Demonstration of ventricular myocardial extensions into the pulmonary artery and aorta beyond the ventriculo-arterial junction

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 534-539

  Hasdemir, Can ^a   Aktas, Safiye ^b   Govsa, Figen ^a   Aktas, Ekin O ^a   Kocak, Aytac ^a   Bozkaya, Yasemin T ^a   Demirbas, Muge I ^a   Ulucan, Cem ^a   Ozdogan, Oner ^a   Kayikcioglu, Meral ^a   Can, Levent H ^a   Payzin, Serdar ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Behcet Uz Children's Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic sinus; Catheter ablation; Clinical anatomy; Pulmonary root; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYNCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; CADAVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 34247112816     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2007.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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