Effects of removal of the adventitia of the descending aorta and structural alterations in the tunica media in pigs;Efeitos da remoção da túnica adventícia da aorta descendente em suínos

Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-137

  Fagundes, Almondi ^a   Pereira, Adamastor Humberto ^a   Corrêa, Rose Karina ^b   de Oliveira, Marília Teresa ^b   Rodriguez, Rubens ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aorta; Dissection; Ischemia; Microcirculation; Vasa vasorum

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; SWINE; THORACIC AORTA; TUNICA MEDIA;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; SWINE; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 84864744045     PISSN: 01006991     EISSN: 18094546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-69912012000200009     Document Type: Article

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