Right ventricular false tendons, a cadaveric approach

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-322

  Loukas, Marios ^a,b   Wartmann, Christopher T ^a,c   Tubbs, R Shane ^d   Apaydin, Nihal ^e   Louis Jr , Robert G ^a,f   Black, Brandie ^a   Jordan, Robert ^a  

^a St George's University   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction tissue fibers; False tendons; Membranous septum; Papillary muscle complex; Tricuspid valve; Ventricular septum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CHORDA TENDINEA; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT VENTRICULAR FALSE TENDON; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; PURKINJE FIBERS; TENDONS;

EID: 43849109051     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0326-5     Document Type: Article

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