The human heart pumps between about 5 and 20 litres of blood through the body every minute 1. To receive enough oxygen to fulfil this tremendous task, heart-muscle cells need their own blood supply.

The origin and early development of coronary vessels is unclear, although the textbook view is that they arise from the proepicardium — a transitory structure in the embryo that contacts and spreads ...

The metabolic activity of any tissue is limited by its blood supply; the more active any organ, the more blood it needs and the more extensive its vascularization. The changes in metabolic activity ...

Overview of the circulatory system of the shark. Overview of the Circulatory System of a Salamander. Overview of the Circulatory System of the Cat. Diagram of blood circuits and capillary networks in ...

Reason for decision Anticipate the topic will be of importance to patients, carers, professionals, commissioners and the health of the public to ensure clinical benefit is realised, inequalities in ...

On March 29, Nature Genetics published a research article entitled "Genetic lineage tracing identifies endocardial origin of liver vasculature", from Prof. ZHOU Bin's lab at the Institute for ...