Contoversies concerning the anatomical definition of the conduction tissues

Anatomical Record - Part B New Anatomist

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-14

  Anderson, Robert H ^a   Christoffels, Vincent M ^b,c   Moorman, Antoon F M ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Molec Cardiol Prog Heart Failure

^d Embryol/Molec Biol Cardiovasc D   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular bundle; Cardiac conduction system; Development; Heart; Pulmonary myocardium; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANATOMY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HIS BUNDLE; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 4944261237     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.b.20028     Document Type: Review

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