Three-dimensional analysis of regional cardiac function: A model of rabbit ventricular anatomy

Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 157-183

  Vetter, Frederick J ^a   McCulloch, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032023898     PISSN: 00796107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6107(98)00006-6     Document Type: Article

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