Fluorescent microangiography (FMA): An improved tool to visualize the pulmonary microvasculature

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-416

  Dutly, Andre E ^a,b   Kugathasan, Lakshmi ^c   Trogadis, Judy E ^c   Keshavjee, Shaf H ^b   Stewart, Duncan J ^c   Courtman, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Microvasculature; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; MICROSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT MICROANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VENTILATION; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; TECHNIQUE; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RATS;

EID: 33645296554     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: 15300307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700399     Document Type: Article

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