The naming game: A discrepancy among the medical community

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 285-289

  Loukas, Marios ^a   Aly, Islam ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Anderson, Robert H ^c  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anatomical position; cardiac terminology; nomenclature; Nomina Anatomica; valentine position

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; AORTA ROOT; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VALENTINE POSITION; ANATOMY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ANATOMY; HEART; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84947571710     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22666     Document Type: Review

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