Chronic congestive heart failure is associated with a phenotypic shift of intramyocardial endothelial cells.

doi:10.1161/01.cir.92.6.1494

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Chronic congestive heart failure is associated with a phenotypic shift of intramyocardial endothelial cells.

Circulation - 15 Sept 1995

Marijianowski M M, van Laar M, Bras J, Becker A E

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BACKGROUND: There is evidence that patients with chronic congestive heart failure have endothelial cell-related abnormalities of the peripheral circulation and the coronary microvasculature. For that reason, we have studied the phenotypic expression of endothelial cells in hearts of patients with...

Topics

Adult
Aged
Antigens
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
Cell Adhesion Molecules
Chronic Disease
Endothelium, Vascular
Female
Heart Failure
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype

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