Scaling of myocardial mass to flow and morphometry of coronary arteries

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1281-1286

  Choy, Jenny Susana ^a   Kassab, Ghassan S ^a,b  

^a Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Coronary vasculature; Power law; Scaling law

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SWINE; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HEART; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SWINE;

EID: 45149086968     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01261.2007     Document Type: Article

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