Anatomic variations of the cardiac valves and papillary muscles of the right heart

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 111-126

  Xanthos, Theodoros ^a   Dalivigkas, Ioannis ^a   Ekmektzoglou, Konstantinos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chordae tendineae; Heart strings; Papillary muscles; Pulmonary valve; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655173738     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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