The Aristotelian account of "heart and veins"

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 304-310

  Shoja, Mohammadali M ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Loukas, Marios ^c,d   Ardalan, Mohammad R ^a,e  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aristotle; Cardiovascular system; Morphology; Vein

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENT; BREATHING PATTERN; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METAPHYSICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ANATOMY; ANIMALS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; GREECE; HEART; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 40949093145     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.07.001     Document Type: Review

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