A simplified two-stitch sleeve technique for arterial anastomosis of cervical heterotopic cardiac transplantation in mice

American Journal of Translational Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 521-529

  Fang, Jing ^a,b   He, Long ^a,b   Wang, Shi Qiang ^a,b,c   Ma, Ming Jia ^a   Liu, Hong Yun ^a   Zhu, Xue Hai ^a   Zhu, Ping ^c   Wei, Xiang ^a   Wang, Cong Yi ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Heart transplantation; Microsuture; Two stitch sleeve technique

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOLOGY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; MOUSE; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY ARTERY; REVASCULARIZATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL MICROSCOPE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER; TWO STITCH SLEEVE TECHNIQUE; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

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EID: 84882943524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19438141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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