Vol. 123 No. 2 (2018)
Original Article

Historical notes on the anatomy of the heart’s lymphatic system

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  • George Paraskevas,
  • Konstantinos Koutsouflianiotis,
  • Kalliopi Iliou,
  • Nikolaos Syrmos,
  • George Noussios,
  • Theodosios Bitsis,
  • Nikolaos Lazaridis
George Paraskevas
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Konstantinos Koutsouflianiotis
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Kalliopi Iliou
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Nikolaos Syrmos
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
George Noussios
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Theodosios Bitsis
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Nikolaos Lazaridis
Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Published 2018-11-23

Keywords

  • Anatomy,
  • history,
  • heart

How to Cite

Paraskevas, G., Koutsouflianiotis, K., Iliou, K., Syrmos, N., Noussios, G., Bitsis, T., & Lazaridis, N. (2018). Historical notes on the anatomy of the heart’s lymphatic system. Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology, 123(2), 149–157. Retrieved from https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/ijae/article/view/1625
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Abstract

The heart’s lymphatic system has been under research for many years both at a microscopic and a macroscopic level. The results so far significantly induce modern cardiologists to attribute pathologies of the heart to disorders of cardiac lymphatics. The current review is an effort to display the progress of the knowledge regarding the heart’s lymphatic system through the work of the scientists devoted to the specific field. The reader will gain detailed and up to date information and will be able to comprehend thoroughly the anatomy of the cardiac lymphatics.

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