Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 52-60 , 2007

The Helical Ventricular Myocardial Band of Torrent-Guasp

  • Mladen J. Kocica

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, UC Clinical Centre of Serbia, Begrade, Serbia.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Mladen J. Kocica, MD, Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, UC Clinical Centre of Serbia, 8th Kosta Todorovic St., 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
    web address
    • ,
  • Antonio F. Corno

      Affiliations

    • Alder Hey Royal Children Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
    • ,
  • Vesna Lackovic

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Histology and Embriology, Medical School UC Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
    • ,
  • Vladimir I. Kanjuh

      Affiliations

    • Serbian Academy for Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, Serbia.

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Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 52-60 , 2007

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