title: [New method of left ventricular intubation in anaesthetised rats].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To search for a new method of left ventricular intubation in rat.
  
  
  METHODS
  The wire of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was put into carotid artery through external carotid artery. Then supported by guide wire, the PE50 tube was advanced into left ventricle.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Left ventricular intubation with PTCA guide wire could be performed in 30 rats and successfully repeated in 27 animals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The new left ventricular intubation technology in rats is simple and provides a reproducible method.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Department of Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Hui
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yang-Guang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yu-Qiang
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Fang
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D007440:Intubation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar