Morphometric techniques in the evaluation of pulmonary vascular changes due to congenital heart disease

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-116

  Gorenflo, M ^a   Vogel, M ^a   Hetzer, R ^b   Schmitz, L ^a   Berger, F ^b   Bein, G ^a   Alexi, V ^b   Lange, P E ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fibrosis; Heart; Infant; Lung biopsy; Morphometry; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CANAL; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; OPEN LUNG BIOPSY; PULMONARY ARTERY; THICKNESS; TIME;

EID: 0029965134     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(96)80204-4     Document Type: Article

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