Assessment of myocardial angiogenesis and vascularity in small animal models

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 660, Issue , 2010, Pages 149-167

  Springer, Matthew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Area density; Capillaries; Length density; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial regeneration; Neovascularization; Perfusion; Vascularity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934436829     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-705-1_10     Document Type: Article

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