Structural characterization of the chordae tendineae in native porcine mitral valves

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 189-197

  Ritchie, Jennifer ^b   Warnock, James N ^b   Yoganathan, Ajit P ^a  

^a Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; DNA; ELASTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHORDA TENDINEA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITRAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SWINE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; DNA; ELASTIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITRAL VALVE; SWINE;

EID: 20544450624     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.02.011     Document Type: Article

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