Morphometric analysis of miniature swine hearts as potential human xenografts

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 90-93

  Allan, James S ^a   Rose, Geoff A ^a   Choo, Joseph K ^a   Arn, J Scott ^a   Vesga, Liana ^a   Mawulawde, Kwabena ^a   Slisz, Joanna K ^a   Allison, Ken ^a   Madsen, Joren C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart; Morphometry; Swine; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HEART SIZE; MORPHOMETRICS; NOMOGRAM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; XENOGRAFT; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0035059392     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3089.2001.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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