Changes in myocardial cytoskeletal intermediate filaments and myocyte contractile dysfunction in dilated cardiomyopathy: An in vivo study in humans

Heart

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 659-667

  Di Somma, S ^a   De Divitiis, O ^a   Marotta, M ^a   Salvatore, G ^a   Cudemo, G ^a   Cuda, G ^b   De Vivo, F ^c   Di Benedetto, M P ^a   Ciaramella, F ^c   Caputo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b University of Magnor Graecia   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actin myosin; Cardiac biopsy; Desmin; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0033651174     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.84.6.659     Document Type: Article

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