Induction of myocardial infarcts of a predictable size and location by branch pattern probability-assisted coronary ligation in C57BL/6 mice

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 286, Issue 3 55-3, 2004, Pages

  Ahn, Dongchoon ^a   Cheng, Linda ^a   Moon, Chanil ^a   Spurgeon, Harold ^a   Lakatta, Edward G ^a   Talan, Mark I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cardiovascular physiology; Heart; Method

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 1342346656     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00862.2003     Document Type: Article

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