The absence of lymphatics in normal and atherosclerotic coronary arteries in man: A morphologic study

Lymphology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 76-83

  Eliska, Oldrich ^a   Eliskova, M ^a   Miller, A J ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary artery anatomy; Coronary artery histology; Coronary artery lymphatics; Coronary atherosclerosis; Coronary lymphatics; Lymphatics of heart

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTIMA; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TUNICA MEDIA; VASA VASORUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VASA VASORUM;

EID: 33746003585     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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