CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE: EXPERIMENTAL MODEL

• Main Authors: Antonio Francesco Corno (Author), Xue eCai (Author), Caroline B Jones (Author), Giuseppina eMondani (Author), Mark R. Boyett (Author), Jonathan Charles Jarvis (Author), George eHart (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2013-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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INTRODUCTION.Surgically induced, combined volume and pressure overload has been used in rabbits to create a simplified and reproducible model of acute left ventricular (LV) failure.MATERIALS AND METHODS.New Zealand white male rabbits (n=24, mean weight 3.1±0.2kg) were randomly assigned to e...