Accessory atrioventricular pathways: Getting to the origins

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1502-1504

  Ho, Siew Yen ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Editorials; Morphogenesis; Wolff Parkinson White syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CELL MIGRATION; EDITORIAL; EPICARDIUM; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE; HIS BUNDLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BUNDLE OF HIS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; PERICARDIUM; PRE-EXCITATION SYNDROMES;

EID: 41149097470     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.764035     Document Type: Editorial

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