Surgical and Electrical Anatomy of the Inter-Nodal and Intra-Atrial Conduction System in the Heart |
Seo, Jeong-Wook
(Department of Pathology, Incheon Sejong Hospital)
Kim, Jung-Sun (Department of Pathology and Translational Genomics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) Cha, Myung-Jin (Heart Institute, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) Yoon, Ja Kyoung (Department of Pediatrics, Bucheon Sejong Hospital) Kim, Min-Ju (Department of Pathology, Incheon Sejong Hospital) Tsao, Hsuan-Ming (Department of Internal Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University and NYCU Hospital) Lee, Chang-Ha (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sejong General Hospital) Oh, Seil (Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab Seoul National University Cardiovascular Center, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University) |
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