Relationship between arterial diameter and perfused tissue volume in myocardial microcirculation: A micro-CT-based analysis

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 6 55-6, 2004, Pages

  Malyar, Nasser M ^a   Gössl, Mario ^a   Beighley, Patricia E ^a   Ritman, Erik L ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary; Defect; Microcomputer tomography; Microspheres; Perfusion

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CORONARY VESSELS; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSPHERES; SUS SCROFA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2542422860     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00682.2003     Document Type: Article

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