Monitoring cardiac fibrosis: A technical challenge

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-48

  de Jong, S ^a   van Veen, T A B ^a   de Bakker, J M T ^b   Van Rijen, H V M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collagen; Detection techniques; Fibrosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CNA35 PROTEIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MICRORNA; PEPSIN A; PROCOLLAGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; IMAGE DISPLAY; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TISSUE LEVEL; ULTRASHORT ECHO TIME;

EID: 84856284039     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-011-0226-x     Document Type: Article

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