Assessment of transmyocardial perfusion in alligator hearts

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1585-1591

  Kohmoto, Takushi ^a   Argenziano, Michael ^a   Yamamoto, Noriyoshi ^a   Vliet, Kent A ^b   Gu, Anguo ^a   DeRosa, Carolyn M ^a   Fisher, Peter E ^a   Spotnitz, Henry M ^a   Burkhoff, Daniel ^a   Smith, Craig R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

coronary disease; microcirculation; microspheres; perfusion

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 16944362510     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.6.1585     Document Type: Article

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