Retrograde perfusion and filling of mouse coronary vasculature as preparation for micro computed tomography imaging

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 60, 2012, Pages

  Weyers, Jill J ^a   Carlson, Dara D ^a   Murry, Charles E ^a   Schwartz, Stephen M ^a   Mahoney, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary vessels; Heart; Issue 60; Medicine; Micro computed tomography ( CT) imaging; Microfil; Mouse; Vascular biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857855223     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3740     Document Type: Article

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