Heuristic problems in defining the three-dimensional arrangement of the ventricular myocytes

Anatomical Record - Part A Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 579-586

  Anderson, Robert H ^a   Ho, Siew Yen ^b   Sanchez Quintana, Damian ^c   Redmann, Iqlaus ^d   Lunkenheimer, Paul P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiodynamics; Fibrous matrix; Myocardium; Perimysium

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL AGGREGATION; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEART CYCLE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYSTOLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; SWINE;

EID: 33744913512     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: 15524892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20330     Document Type: Article

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