Laser-mediated reversal of cardiac expansion after myocardial infarction

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 198-206

  Whittaker, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Collagen; Lasers; Myocardial infarction; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; LASER SURGERY; MOUSE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CICATRIX; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; LASERS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032884948     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)25:3<198::AID-LSM2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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