This atlas comprises a complete and extensive exposure of the spatial and temporal aspects of human cardiac development as seen with scanning electron microscopy. Apart from serving as a unique overview on cardiac development in the human embryo, this atlas gives an updated morphological reference of cardiac embryology for topographic correlation and enables the projection of experimental results in animals to the human situation.

Dr. Roelof-Jan Oostra, Dept. of Anatomy and Embryology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Gerd Steding, Dept. of Embryology, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany

rof. Dr. Wout H. Lamers, Dept. of Anatomy and Embryology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Prof. Dr. Atoon F.M. Moorman, Dept. of Anatomy and Embryology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands