The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 578-589.e11 , September 2008

Structure and function relationships of the helical ventricular myocardial band

  • Gerald Buckberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Option on Bioengineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif
    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Gerald Buckberg, MD, UCLA Medical Center, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rm 62-258 CHS, Box 951741, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1741.
    • ,
  • Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif
    • ,
  • Saleh Saleh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif
    • ,
  • Julien I.E. Hoffman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif
    • ,
  • Cecil Coghlan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Ala

Received 29 June 2007 ,Revised 29 August 2007 ,Accepted 19 October 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.088

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 136, Issue 3 , Pages 578-589.e11 , September 2008

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