Quantitative investigation of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and myocardial fibrosis over 6 years after cardiac transplantation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 704-710

  Armstrong, Arthur T ^a   Binkley, Philip F ^a   Baker, Peter B ^a   Myerowitz, P David ^a   Leier, Carl V ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CHILD; DIASTOLE; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0031696969     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(98)00296-4     Document Type: Article

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