An ultrastructural study of cardiac myocytes in postmyocardial infarction ventricular aneurysm representative of chronic ischemic myocardium using semiquantitative and quantitative assessment

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Su, Xin ^a   Sekiguchi, Morie ^a   Endo, Masahiro ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE FIBRIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; CELL NUCLEUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GLYCOGEN; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOFIBRILS; ORGANELLES; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0034594476     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(99)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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