Altered patterns of cardiac intercellular junction distribution in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Altered patterns of cardiac intercellular junction distribution in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
OBJECTIVE To examine the distribution pattern of intercellular junctions (the mechanically coupling desmosomes and the electrically coupling gap junctions) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) hearts showing myofibre disarray. DESIGN Samples from six necropsied hearts were studied, representing the interventricular septum and the free walls of the left and right ventricles. Immunohistochemica...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.76.5.412