Three-dimensional reconstruction of the human capillary network and the intramyocardial micronecrosis

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Kaneko, Noboru ^a   Matsuda, Ryuko ^a   Toda, Masashi ^b   Shimamoto, Ken ^c  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Aetas Pharma ^*  (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intramyocardial microcirculatory unit; Precapillary and capillary sinuses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY VEIN; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VENULE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CAPILLARIES; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79955067196     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00486.2010     Document Type: Article

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