Morphometric identification of luminal narrowing of myocardial capillaries after cardioplegic arrest

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 243-248

  Chen, Ying Fu ^a   Wu, Su Chuan ^a   Huang, Chiung Hui ^a   Pan, Pi Chen ^a   Lee, Chee Siong ^a   Lin, Ching Cheng ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY FLOW; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAPILLARIES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION;

EID: 0035135425     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02028-2     Document Type: Article

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