Myocardial Injury in the Mouse Induced by Transthoracic Cauterization

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 374-378

  Brooks, Wesley W ^a,b   Garibaldi, Barbara A ^a   Conrad, Chester H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MICE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; NECROSIS; THORAX;

EID: 0031692098     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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