%0 Journal Article %T STEREOLOGICAL CHALLENGES WHEN WORKING WITH HEART MUSCLE FIBRES %A Annemarie Brščel %J Image Analysis and Stereology %D 2010 %I Slovenian Society for Stereology and Quantitative Image Analysis %R 10.5566/ias.v29.p35-43 %X This contribution is based on a series of studies, where stereological methods were applied to hearts from rats treated with growth hormone. A method to estimate the total number of cardiac myocytes is described and, furthermore, length estimates of heart muscle fibres are discussed. %K heart %K length %K myocytes %K number %U http://www.ias-iss.org/ojs/IAS/article/view/867