Title: Morphometric study of early postnatal development in the left and right ventricular myocardium of the rat. I. Hypertrophy, hyperplasia, and binucleation of myocytes.
Abstract: HomeCirculation ResearchVol. 46, No. 4Morphometric study of early postnatal development in the left and right ventricular myocardium of the rat. I. Hypertrophy, hyperplasia, and binucleation of myocytes. Free AccessAbstractPDF/EPUBAboutView PDFSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toFree AccessAbstractPDF/EPUBMorphometric study of early postnatal development in the left and right ventricular myocardium of the rat. I. Hypertrophy, hyperplasia, and binucleation of myocytes. P Anversa, G Olivetti and A V Loud P AnversaP Anversa , G OlivettiG Olivetti and A V LoudA V Loud Originally published1 Apr 1980https://doi.org/10.1161/01.RES.46.4.495Circulation Research. 1980;46:495–502 Previous Back to top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited By Bishop S, Zhang J and Ye L (2022) Cardiomyocyte Proliferation from Fetal- to Adult- and from Normal- to Hypertrophy and Failing Hearts, Biology, 10.3390/biology11060880, 11:6, (880) Sukhacheva T, Serov R, Nizyaeva N, Burov A, Pavlovich S, Podurovskaya Y, Samsonova M, Chernyaev A, Shchegolev A, Kim A, Bockeria L and Sukhikh G (2022) Accelerated Growth, Differentiation, and Ploidy with Reduced Proliferation of Right Ventricular Cardiomyocytes in Children with Congenital Heart Defect Tetralogy of Fallot, Cells, 10.3390/cells11010175, 11:1, (175) Ivanova V, Milto I, Serebrjakova O and Sukhodolo I (2021) The Rat Heart in the Prenatal and Postnatal Periods of Ontogenesis, Russian Journal of Developmental Biology, 10.1134/S1062360421050039, 52:5, (287-300), Online publication date: 1-Sep-2021. 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