A rat model for severe limb ischemia at rest

European Surgical Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 430-438

  Lundberg, Goran ^a   Luo, F ^a   Blegen, H ^a   Kalin, B ^a   Wahlberg, E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Inflammation; Limb ischemia; Metabolism; Rat model

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLOWMETER; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTREMITIES; FEMORAL ARTERY; ISCHEMIA; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0041885053     PISSN: 0014312X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072228     Document Type: Article

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