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A new approach is proposed to quantify the contribution of connective tissue matrix into the myocardial structure. Also we introduced a new morphometric criterion to estimate mean thickness of connective tissue fibers by histological section of isolated myocardial samples. The approach allows correlating structural and functional changes in cardiac tissue by myocardium remodeling during pathology, age-related changes.
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Original Russian Text © L.T. Smoluk, A.T. Smoluk, Y.L. Protsenko, 2014, published in Biofizika, 2014, Vol. 59, No. 5, pp. 995–998.
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Smoluk, L.T., Smoluk, A.T. & Protsenko, Y.L. Quantitative analysis of connective tissue matrix structure during myocardial remodeling. BIOPHYSICS 59, 810–813 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350914050248
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