Intravital microscopy to study myocardial engraftment

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-9

  Lushaj, Entela B ^a   Hu, Jian ^a   Haworth, Robert ^a   Lozonschi, Lucian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Myocardial engineering; Myocardial regeneration; Skin fold chamber

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGRAFTMENT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HOST CELL; INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE GROWTH; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEART ATRIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; REGENERATION; SKIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863485103     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivs093     Document Type: Article

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