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A model to determine the effect of collagen fiber alignment on heart function post myocardial infarction

BACKGROUND: Adverse remodeling of the left ventricle (LV) following myocardial infarction (MI) leads to heart failure. Recent studies have shown that scar anisotropy is a determinant of cardiac function post-MI, however it remains unclear how changes in extracellular matrix (ECM) organization and st...

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Autores principales: Voorhees, Andrew P, Han, Hai-Chao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3914851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24456675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4682-11-6