Morphology and histology of human and canine internal thoracic arteries

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-148

  Sasajima, Tadahiro ^a   Bhattacharya, Vishwanath ^a   Hong De Wu, Moses ^a   Shi, Qun ^a   Hayashida, Naoki ^a   Sauvage, Lester R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAMMARY ARTERY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 0032787974     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00502-0     Document Type: Article

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