Histomorphometric analysis of intramyocardial vessels in primary and senile amyloidosis: epicardium versus endocardium

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-71

  Sharma, Preeti Parekh ^a   Payvar, Saeed ^b   Litovsky, Silvio H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloidosis; Intravascular deposition; Primary amyloidosis; Senile systemic amyloidosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID;

ADULT; ADVENTITIA; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 40149083229     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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