A Novel Minimal Invasive Mouse Model of Extracorporeal Circulation

• Main Authors: Shuhua Luo (Author), Menglin Tang (Author), Lei Du (Author), Lina Gong (Author), Jin Xu (Author), Youwen Chen (Author), Yabo Wang (Author), Ke Lin (Author), Qi An (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Extracorporeal circulation (ECC) is necessary for conventional cardiac surgery and life support, but it often triggers systemic inflammation that can significantly damage tissue. Studies of ECC have been limited to large animals because of the complexity of the surgical procedures involved, which ha...