Morphometry of coronary capillaries in hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 903-907

  Salih, Caner ^a   Sheppard, Mary N ^a   Ho, Siew Yen ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

21; Congenital heart disease; Congenital left heart lesions; Myocardium ventricle

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENDOTHELIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1442324702     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.07.046     Document Type: Article

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