Epicardial branches of the coronary arteries and their distribution in the rabbit heart: The rabbit heart as a model of regional ischemia

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 521-527

  Podesser, B ^a   Wollenek, G ^a   Seitelberger, R ^a   Siegel, H ^b   Wolner, E ^a   Firbas, W ^c   Tschabitscher, M ^c  

^a Dept Cardiothorac Surg Gen H ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

anatomy; coronary arteries; myocardial ischemia; rabbit; stunning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; VETERINARY ANATOMY;

ANIMALS; CORONARY VESSELS; CORROSION CASTING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030954215     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199704)247:4<521::AID-AR11>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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