Title: Variations in human pulmonary vein ostia morphology – a
systematic review with meta-analysis
Authors: Michał Bonczar1 | Katarzyna
Piątek-Koziej1 | Joanna
Wolska1 | Olaf Tomala1| El-Ayachi Stitou1 | Jakub
Pękala1 | Przemysław
Pękala1 | Jerzy Walocha1| Mateusz Hołda2,3 | Mateusz
Koziej1,2
Affiliations:
1 Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University
Medical College, Kraków, Poland
2 HEART - Heart Embryology and Anatomy Research Team,
Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow,
Poland
3 Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, The University
of Manchester, UK
Corresponding author: Michał Bonczar, Department of Anatomy,
Jagiellonian University Medical College, Mikołaja Kopernika 12, 33-332
Kraków, Poland. Email: michalbonczar01@gmail.com.
Conflicting interests: The author(s) declare no potential conflicts of
interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of
this article.
Funding: The author(s) received no financial support for the research,
authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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Ethical approval: Not applicable