Right ventricle vasculature in human pulmonary hypertension assessed by stereology

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 196, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1075-1077

  Graham, Brian B ^a   Koyanagi, Dan ^a   Kandasamy, Balasubramaniyam ^a   Tuder, Rubin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; AUTOPSY; CARDIAC MUSCLE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TISSUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LUNG STRUCTURE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; STEREOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART VENTRICLE; MICROCIRCULATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY VESSELS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MICROCIRCULATION; ORGAN SIZE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 85031691337     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201702-0425LE     Document Type: Letter

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