Myocardial infarction and functional outcome assessment in pigs

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 86, 2014, Pages

  Koudstaal, Stefan ^a,b   Jansen, Sanne ^a   Gho, Johannes M I H ^a   van Hout, Gerardus P J ^a   Jansen, Marlijn S ^a   Gründeman, Paul F ^a   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^a,b   Doevendans, Pieter A ^a,b   Hoefer, Imo E ^a   Chamuleau, Steven A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AMI; Ischemic heart disease; Issue 86; Large animal model; Medicine; Myocardial infarction (MI); Pig; Translational medicine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939465083     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/51269     Document Type: Article

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