Improvements in the establishment of a rat myocardial infarction model

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1284-1292

  Hou, Y ^a   Huang, C ^b   Cai, X ^b   Zhao, J ^a   Guo, W ^a  

^a THE AFFILIATED HUAIAN NO 1 PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary artery ligation; Doppler echocardiography; Electrocardiogram; Left anterior descending coronary artery; Myocardial infarction size

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 80052253705     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323001103900416     Document Type: Article

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