Histopathologic findings in explanted heart tissue from patients with end-stage idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Transplant International

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 299-306

  De Leeuw, Nicole ^a   Ruiter, Dirk J ^a   Balk, Aggie H M M ^b   De Jonge, Nicolaas ^c   Melchers, W J G ^a   Galama, Jochem M D ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endocardial fibroelastosis; Explanted hearts; Fibrosis; Histopathology; Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; EXPLANT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MYOCARDIUM; PATIENT SELECTION; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0034763733     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001470100339     Document Type: Article

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