Intramyocardial vascular volume distribution studied by synchrotron radiation-excited X-ray fluorescence

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 6 46-6, 1999, Pages

  Nakajima, Yukiko ^a   Akizuki, Noboru ^a   Kimura, Yoko ^a   Kohguchi, Hiroki ^a   Tanaka, Akira ^a   Chujo, Mitsuaki ^a   Hattan, Naoichiro ^a   Shinozaki, Yoshiro ^a   Iida, Atsuo ^b   Handa, Shunnosuke ^a   Nakazawa, Hiroe ^a   Mori, Hidezo ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Laboratory for High Energy Physics   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coronary artery; Fractal analysis; Microcirculation; Microsphere

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DOG; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0033393198     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.277.6.h2353     Document Type: Article

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