Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 512-517 , March 2010

Ventricular remodeling and function: Insights using murine echocardiography

  • Marielle Scherrer-Crosbie

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA. Tel.: +1 617 726 7686; fax: +1 617 726 8383.
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  • Baptiste Kurtz

Received 26 April 2009 ,Revised 19 June 2009 ,Accepted 7 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2009.07.004

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 48, Issue 3 , Pages 512-517 , March 2010

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