The importance of attitudinally appropriate description of cardiac anatomy

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-51

  Anderson, Robert H ^a   Loukas, Marios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Anatomic position; Cardiac apex; Cardiac position; Mitral valve

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA VALVE; CORONARY ARTERY; HEART; HEART ANATOMY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MITRAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; REVIEW; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ANATOMY; CARDIOLOGY; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 58249105901     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20741     Document Type: Review

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