Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 139-145 , May 2011

Histopathologic correlates of myocardial improvement in patients supported by a left ventricular assist device

  • Ana Maria Segura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cardiovascular Pathology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, PO Box 20345, MC 1-283 Houston, TX 77225-0345, USA. Tel.: +1 832 355 7202; fax: +1 832 355 6812.
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  • O.H. Frazier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Transplantation, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Zumrut Demirozu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Transplantation, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • L. Maximilian Buja

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA

Received 27 October 2009 ,Revised 11 January 2010 ,Accepted 25 January 2010.

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 Presented at the meeting of the American Heart Association, Scientific Sessions 2008, November 10, 2008.

 Funding: none.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1054-8807(10)00028-1

doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2010.01.011

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 139-145 , May 2011

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