Three-dimensional alignment of the aggregated myocytes in the normal and hypertrophic murine heart

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 921-927

  Schmitt, Boris ^a   Fedarava, Katsiaryna ^a   Falkenberg, Jan ^a   Rothaus, Kai ^b   Bodhey, Narendra K ^a   Reischauer, Carolin ^c   Kozerke, Sebastian ^c   Schnackenburg, Bernhard ^d   Westermann, Dirk ^e   Lunkenheimer, Paul P ^f   Anderson, Robert H ^g   Berger, Felix ^a   Kuehne, Titus ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Phillips Medical Systems   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Hypertrophy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Orientation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXPLANT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; CARDIOMEGALY; CELL AGGREGATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 69749091559     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00275.2009     Document Type: Article

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