Three-dimensional architecture of cardiomyocytes and connective tissue in human heart revealed by scanning electron microscopy

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1973-1974

  Kanzaki, Yumiko ^a   Terasaki, Fumio ^a   Okabe, Makoto ^a   Fujita, Shuichi ^a   Katashima, Takashi ^a   Otsuka, Kaoru ^a   Ishizaka, Nobukazu ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; SARCOMERES;

EID: 78549288481     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.979815     Document Type: Article

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