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Embryonic Development of the Cardiovascular System

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This chapter briefly recapitulates milestones in the morphogenesis of the cardiovascular system. Its focus rests on the development and remodelling of the heart and great arteries.

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang J. Weninger & Stefan H. Geyer

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    Margarethe Geiger

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Weninger, W.J., Geyer, S.H. (2019). Embryonic Development of the Cardiovascular System. In: Geiger, M. (eds) Fundamentals of Vascular Biology. Learning Materials in Biosciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12270-6_6

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