Heterogeneity of Myocardial Sleeve Morphology and Gap Junctions in Canine Superior Vena Cava
- 17 December 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 104 (25) , 3152-3157
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hc5001.100836
Abstract
Background— The myocardial sleeve of the superior vena cava (SVC) has been identified as a potential initiating focus in atrial fibrillation, but information on cell-to-cell linkage at this site is...Keywords
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