Smooth muscle in the human mitral valve: Extent and implications for dynamic modelling

APMIS

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 484-494

  Nordrum, Ivar S ^a,b   Skallerud, Bjørn ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Heart; Mitral valve; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MICROSCOPE; MITRAL VALVE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TISSUE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STAINING; THICKNESS; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 84860995354     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2011.02860.x     Document Type: Article

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