In vivo survival and function of transplanted rat cardiomyocytes

Circulation Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 283-288

  Li, Ren Ke ^a,b   Mickle, Donald A G ^a   Weisel, Richard D ^a   Zhang, Ji ^a   Mohabeer, Molly K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; cardiomyocyte contractility; cell culture; cell transplantation; rat cardiomyocytes

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOMERE;

EID: 0030031179     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.78.2.283     Document Type: Article

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