Left ventricular bypass in inbred rats--a new experimental model in microsurgery. Operative technique and hemodynamic evaluation.
The technique of heterotopic thoracic transplantation of cardiac grafts is shown. Postoperative assessment of pump performance shows that the graft was capable of taking over a significant part of the circulatory load.
D000818:Animals; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006439:Hemodynamics; D008722:Methods; D008866:Microsurgery; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000401:mortality