Epicardium

Known as: Visceral Pericardium, Visceral serous pericardium proper, Lamina visceralis (epicardium) 
The outer membranous connective tissue layer of the heart tissue.
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Cardiac wall structureSerous Membraneheart tissue

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Epicardial fat

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Adult mouse epicardium modulates myocardial injury by secreting paracrine factors.
The epicardium makes essential cellular and paracrine contributions to the growth of the fetal myocardium and the formation of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Prevention of ventricular fibrillation episodes in Brugada syndrome by catheter ablation over the anterior right ventricular outflow tract epicardium.
BACKGROUND The underlying electrophysiological mechanism that causes an abnormal ECG pattern and ventricular tachycardia… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Telocytes in human epicardium
The existence of the epicardial telocytes was previously documented by immunohistochemistry (IHC) or immunofluorescence. We have… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Identification of myocardial and vascular precursor cells in human and mouse epicardium.
During cardiac development, the epicardium is the source of multipotent mesenchymal cells, which give rise to endothelial and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Statistical shape model of atria, ventricles and epicardium from short- and long-axis MR images
We describe a new 3-D statistical shape model of the heart consisting of atria, ventricles and epicardium. The model was… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Erythropoietin and retinoic acid, secreted from the epicardium, are required for cardiac myocyte proliferation.
We have established a heart slice primary culture, which allows us to mechanically separate distinct cardiac cell populations and… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Epicardium-derived cells contribute a novel population to the myocardial wall and the atrioventricular cushions.
The epicardium and dorsal mesocardium are known to be the source of structures that form the wall of the coronary vessels… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Flecainide-induced arrhythmia in canine ventricular epicardium. Phase 2 reentry?
BACKGROUND We recently reported that sodium channel block can produce opposite effects on action potential duration (APD) and… (More)
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Review
1989
Review
1989
Recommendations for quantitation of the left ventricle by two-dimensional echocardiography. American Society of Echocardiography Committee on Standards, Subcommittee on Quantitation of Two…
We have presented recommendations for the optimum acquisition of quantitative two-dimensional data in the current… (More)
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Transient outward current prominent in canine ventricular epicardium but not endocardium.
Previous studies have denied the presence of a transient outward current (Ito) in ventricular myocardium of dog, sheep, and calf… (More)
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