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Recognition of the atrioventricular node anatomical structure: Connection between the retroaortic node and the

Fan Wang1,2, Lu Lu Zhang1, Wei Meng1

  • 1Department of Cardiology, The 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
|May 30, 2021
PubMed
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Keywords:
anatomyatrioventricular nodeconnexinsnode extensionreentry

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