Fluorescent microspheres are superior to radioactive microspheres in chronic blood flow measurements

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 1 44-1, 1998, Pages

  Van Oosterhout, Matthijs F M ^a   Prinzen, Frits W ^a,e   Sakurada, S ^b   Glenny, Robb W ^c   Hales, J Robert S ^b,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac output distribution; Chronic animal experiments; Fluorescence; Nonradioactive microspheres; Organ flow

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEART OUTPUT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; ORGAN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33750870304     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.275.1.h110     Document Type: Article

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