New and simplified method for multiple left ventricle catheterizations in small animals

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 925-927

  Migneco, Francesco ^a,b   Huang, Yen Chih ^a   Coyan, Garrett N ^a   Birla, Ravi K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b 2248 Lurie Biomedical Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; In vivo measurement; Left ventricle catheterization; Rat catheterization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENOPHTHALMOS; EXPLANT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HORNER SYNDROME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 53349128722     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.184119     Document Type: Article

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