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Anatomy of the Heart

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  • External looping and internal septation to form four-chambered heart.

  • Relationship of embryologic defects to congenital heart disease.

  • Structure-function relationships of the pericardium.

  • Distribution of the coronary arteries and anatomic variations.

  • Definition of anatomic right and left atria and right and left ventricles.

  • Structure of the four cardiac valves and concept of functional valve apparatus.

  • Anatomy of the cardiac conduction system and cardiac innervation.

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  1. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA

    L. Maximilian Buja MD

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  1. The University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Houston

    James T. Willerson MD (President, President-Elect and Medical Director) (President, President-Elect and Medical Director)

  2. Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX, USA

    James T. Willerson MD (President, President-Elect and Medical Director) (President, President-Elect and Medical Director)

  3. Department of Cardiology, University of Maastricht, Masstricht, The Netherlands

    Hein J. J. Wellens MD (Emeritus Professor) (Emeritus Professor)

  4. Rasmussen Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Jay N. Cohn MD (Professor of Medicine and Director) (Professor of Medicine and Director)

  5. Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

    David R. Holmes Jr. MD (Consultant, Professor of Medicine and Scripps Professor) (Consultant, Professor of Medicine and Scripps Professor)

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Maximilian Buja, L. (2007). Anatomy of the Heart. In: Willerson, J.T., Wellens, H.J.J., Cohn, J.N., Holmes, D.R. (eds) Cardiovascular Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-715-2_1

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