Comparison of two surgical techniques for creating an acute myocardial infarct in rats

Objective: To perform a comparative assessment of two surgical techniques that are used creating an acute myocardial infarc by occluding the left anterior descending coronary artery in order to generate rats with a left ventricular ejection fraction of less than 40%. Methods: The study was completel...

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Main Authors: Luiz Guilherme Achcar Capriglione, Fabiane Barchiki, Gabriel Sales Ottoboni, Nelson Itiro Miyague, Paula Hansen Suss, Carmen Lúcia Kuniyoshi Rebelatto, Cláudia Turra Pimpão, Alexandra Cristina Senegaglia, Paulo Roberto Brofman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2014-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382014000400006&lng=en&tlng=en