Anatomical variations of the coronary sinus ostium area of the human heart

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 314-321

  Pejković, Božena ^a   Krajnc, I ^a   Anderhubner, F ^b   Kosutic D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anatomical variations; Cardiac veins; Coronary sinus ostium; Human heart; Venous valves

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CORONARY SINUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 42049115052     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000803600214     Document Type: Article

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