Posterior intercostal artery tortuosity and collateral branch points: A cadaveric study

Folia Morphologica (Poland)

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 245-251

  Shurtleff, E ^a   Olinger, A ^a  

^a KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Thoracic surgery; Thoroscopy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEMATOTHORAX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; THORAX SURGERY; THORAX WALL; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; ARTERIES; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 84878331563     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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