The heart and heart conducting system in the kingdom of animals: A comparative approach to its evolution

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 113-118

  Šolc, David ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NONE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Animals; Arrhythmia; Comparative anatomy; Heart; Heart conducting system; Humans; Ontogeny; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BIRD; CHORDATA; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FISH; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REPTILE; REVIEW; SINOATRIAL CONDUCTION; SINUS NODE; SURVIVAL; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 34948818150     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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