Network of endocardial vessels

Cardiology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Lee, Byung Cheon ^a,f   Kim, Hong Bae ^b   Sung, Baeckkyoung ^b   Kim, Ki Woo ^c   Sohn, Jamin ^b   Son, Boram ^d   Chang, Byung Joon ^e   Soh, Kwang Sup ^b  

^a Pharmacopuncture Medical Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^f Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bovine heart; Cardiac chamber; Endocardial circulatory system; Endocardium; Trypan blue staining

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; TRYPAN BLUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOCARDIUM VESSEL; HEART ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COLORING AGENTS; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOCARDIUM; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 79952106206     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323844     Document Type: Article

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