Combination of preconditioning and delayed flap elevation: Evidence for improved perfusion and oxygenation of the latissimus dorsi muscle for cardiomyoplasty

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 852-861

  Barron, David J ^a,b,c   Etherington, Phillip J ^a,b,c   Winlove, C Peter ^a,b,c   Jarvis, Jonathon C ^a,b,c   Salmons, Stanley ^a,b,c   Pepper, John R ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MALE; OXYGEN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKELETAL MUSCLE VENTRICLE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035104890     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02445-0     Document Type: Article

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