Venous valves within left ventricular coronary veins

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-99

  Anderson, Sara E ^a   Quill, Jason L ^a   Iaizzo, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary veins; Left ventricle; Valves

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CORONARY VEIN; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LEFT CORONARY VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN VALVE;

CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENOUS VALVES;

EID: 54349083519     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9282-6     Document Type: Article

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