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Structure of base of heart

Known as: Basis cordis, Heart, Base, Base of heart 
The superior portion of the heart located opposite to the apical portion. It is formed mainly by the left atrium.
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2012
2012
Variable Cardiac 18FDG Patterns Seen in Oncologic Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography: Importance for Differentiating Normal Physiology From Cardiac and Paracardiac Disease
Purpose Cardiac fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG) uptake is known to be variable in fasting oncologic positron emission… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Repeated Three-Dimensional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Atherosclerosis Development in Innominate Arteries of Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Knockout Mice
Background—In vivo methods to evaluate the size and composition of atherosclerotic lesions in animal models of atherosclerosis… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Noninvasive measurement of coronary artery blood flow using combined two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography.
1986
1986
Regional variation in the timing and extent of left ventricular wall motion in normal subjects.
Right anterior oblique cineangiograms from 19 subjects without evidence of heart disease were analysed to assess regional non… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Pericardial Influences on Ventricular Filling in the Conscious Dog: An Analysis Based on Pericardial Pressure
Twenty-five dogs were chronically instrumented to investigate the effects of the normal pericardium on cardiac function. Pulse… 
1972
1972
Use of the conditional reflex to assess the temporal characteristics of curarization effects on heart rate responding
A Pavlovian methodological counterpart to the use of druginduced changes in operant rates of responding was used to assess the… 
1965
1965
OSTIUM SECUNDUM ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS AND CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IN INFANCY.
1964
1964
THE SEQUENCE OF VENTRICULAR EXCITATION.
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
A Method for the Detection and Estimation of Aortic Regurgitant Flow in Man
When a diastolic murmur is present at the base of the heart, it may be difficult on clinical grounds to determine whether or not… 
1952
1952
Clinical and cardiac catheterization findings compatible with Ebstein's anomaly of the tricuspid valve: a report of two cases.
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