Measuring left ventricular pressure in late embryonic and neonatal mice

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 60, 2012, Pages

  Le, Victoria P ^a   Kovacs, Attila ^b   Wagenseil, Jessica E ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artery; Bioengineering; Diastolic; Heart; Issue 60; Postnatal development; Pulse; Systolic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857853147     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3756     Document Type: Article

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