Human sinoatrial node structure: 3D microanatomy of sinoatrial conduction pathways

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2016, Pages 164-178

  Csepe, Thomas A ^a   Zhao, Jichao ^b   Hansen, Brian J ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Sul, Lidiya V ^a   Lim, Praise ^b   Wang, Yufeng ^b   Simonetti, Orlando P ^c,d   Kilic, Ahmet ^a,d   Mohler, Peter J ^a,d   Janssen, Paul M L ^a,d   Fedorov, Vadim V ^a,d  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Fibrosis; Human sinoatrial node; Optical mapping; Sinoatrial conduction pathway; Sinus node dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC MODEL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CYTOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SINUS NODE;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 84953455511     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2015.12.011     Document Type: Article

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