Heterotopic abdominal heart transplantation in rats for functional studies of ventricular unloading

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ibrahim, Michael ^a   Navaratnarajah, Manoraj ^a   Kukadia, Punam ^a   Rao, Christopher ^a   Siedlecka, Urszula ^a   Cartledge, James E ^a   Soppa, Gopal K ^a   Van Doorn, Carin ^b   Yacoub, Magdi H ^a   Terracciano, Cesare M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal models; Heterotopic abdominal transplantation; Left ventricular assist devices

Indexed keywords

ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HETEROTOPIC ABDOMINAL HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HETEROTOPIC TRANSPLANTATION; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; VENOUS RETURN;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 84870664096     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.01.053     Document Type: Article

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