Collagen fiber structure correlates with mechanical environment in healing myocardial infarcts

Proceedings of the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference 2009, SBC2009

Volumn , Issue PART A, 2009, Pages 415-416

  Fomovsky, Gregory M ^a   Holmes, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

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EID: 77953954100     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/SBC2009-206767     Document Type: Conference Paper

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