Cardiomyocyte size estimated from noninvasive measurements of left ventricular wall thickness and chamber diameter

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 185-192

  Tracy, Richard E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; heart failure; human; hypertension; obesity

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CADAVER; CELL SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CHAMBER DIAMETER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WEIGHT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOCYTE BREADTH; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BODY MASS INDEX; CELL SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859958952     PISSN: 19331711     EISSN: 18787436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jash.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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