Desmin expression in human cardiomyocytes and selected clinical and echocardiographic parameters in patients with chronic heart failure

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 955-961

  Pawlak, Agnieszka ^a   Gil, Robert J ^a,b   Walczak, Ewa ^c   Seweryniak, Piotr ^a  

^a CENTRAL CLINICAL HOSPITAL OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Desmin; Endomyocardial biopsy; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

DESMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 72449120048     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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