Accessory atrioventricular myocardial connections in the developing human heart: Relevance for perinatal supraventricular tachycardias

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2850-2858

  Hahurij, Nathan D ^a   Gittenberger De Groot, Adriana C ^a   Kolditz, Denise P ^a   Bökenkamp, Regina ^a   Schalij, Martin J ^a   Poelmann, Robert E ^a   Blom, Nico A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Cardiac development; Embryology; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; EMBRYO; FETUS; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FETUS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR;

EID: 44649155772     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.756288     Document Type: Article

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