Myocyte degeneration and cell death in hibernating human myocardium

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1577-1585

  Schwarz, Ernst R ^a   Schaper, Jutta ^b   Vom Dahl, Juergen ^a   Altehoefer, Carsten ^a   Grohmann, Beate ^b   Schoendube, Friedrich ^a   Sheehan, Florence H ^c   Uebis, Rainer ^a   Buell, Udalrich ^a   Messmer, Bruno J ^a   Schaper, Wolfgang ^b   Hanrath, Peter ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; CONNECTIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HIBERNATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PERFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE;

EID: 0029889021     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00059-9     Document Type: Article

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