Coronary Vessel Development: A Unique Form of Vasculogenesis

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2138-2145

  Wada, Aya M ^a   Willet, Spencer G ^a   Bader, David ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 348 Preston Research Bldg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary vessels; Development; Embryology; Heart

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; AORTA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; EPICARDIUM; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; EPITHELIUM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CORONARY VESSELS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC;

EID: 0346122784     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000098645.38676.CC     Document Type: Short Survey

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