Microcirculatory hemodynamics of the rat cremaster muscle flap in reduced blood flow states

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-188

  Nanhekhan, Lloyd Varriek ^a   Siemionow, Maria ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREMASTER MUSCLE; ERYTHROCYTE; EVALUATION; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HEMOPERFUSION; HYPOTENSION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE FLAP; MUSCLE PERFUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VESSEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0042627762     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SAP.0000058500.56551.09     Document Type: Article

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