A critical appraisal of open- and closed-chest models of experimental myocardial ischemia

Lab Animal

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 167-177

  Mitsos, Sofoklis ^a   Katsanos, Konstantinos ^a   Dougeni, Eftichia ^a   Koletsis, Efstratios N ^a   Dougenis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE MODEL; EMBOLISM; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; LIGATION; METHODOLOGY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; THORAX SURGERY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CORONARY VESSELS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBOLISM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; LIGATION; MICROSPHERES; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 65349166655     PISSN: 00937355     EISSN: 15484475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/laban0509-167     Document Type: Review

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