The end of the unique myocardial band: Part I. Anatomical considerations

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 112-119

  MacIver, David H ^a,b,c   Stephenson, Robert S ^d   Jensen, Bjarke ^e   Agger, Peter ^f   Sánchez Quintana, Damián ^g   Jarvis, Jonathan C ^h   Partridge, John B ⁱ   Anderson, Robert H ^j  

^a TAUNTON AND SOMERSET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^h LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Cardiac computed tomography; Comparative anatomy; Echocardiography; Embryology; Helical heart; Helical ventricular myocardial band; Histology; Ventricular anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CELL AGGREGATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FISH; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; REVIEW; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISSECTION; EMBRYOLOGY; HEART; PROCEDURES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; DISSECTION; HEART; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85044773147     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx290     Document Type: Review

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