Morphometry of human coronary capillaries during normal growth and the effect of age in left ventricular pressure-overload hypertrophy.

K Rakusan, Michael F. Flanagan, Tal Geva, James F. Southern, Richard Van Praagh

Circulation · 1992 · 322 citations · 40 references

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Abstract

Pressure-overload left ventricular hypertrophy in children demonstrates proportional capillary angiogenesis, whereas in adults, hypertrophy appears to be associated with failure of compensatory angiogenesis.

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