The Myocardial Band

Heart Failure Clinics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-272

  Ballester, Manel ^a   Ferreira, Ana ^b   Carreras, Francesc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL ROYO VILLANOVA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HUMAN; REVIEW; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 45849136756     PISSN: 15517136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2008.02.011     Document Type: Review

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