Respiratory mechanics after prosthetic reconstruction of the chest wall in normal rats

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1667-1672

  Macedo Neto, Amarílio V ^a,b   Santos, Leonardo V ^a   Menezes, Sara L S ^a   Paiva, Daniela S S ^a   Rocco, Patricia R M ^a   Zin, Walter A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chest wall; Elastance; Mechanical inhomogeneities; Prosthesis; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RAT; THORAX WALL RECONSTRUCTION; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0031780469     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.6.1667     Document Type: Article

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