The three-dimensional arrangement of the myocytes in the ventricular walls

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-76

  Anderson, Robert H ^a   Smerup, Morten ^b   Sanchez Quintana, Damian ^c   Loukas, Marios ^d   Lunkenheimer, Paul P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^d ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiodynamics; Myocardium; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

AORTA; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL POPULATION; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; SWINE;

EID: 58249115052     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20645     Document Type: Review

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