The grossly invisible and generally ignored lymphatics of the mammalian heart

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 604-606

  Miller, A J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHAGAS DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCARDIAL FIBROELASTOSIS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MYOCARDIUM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952313040     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.01.012     Document Type: Article

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