Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 21-23 , January 2005

High rate of right ventricular infarction after ligation of mid left anterior descending artery in rats

  • Seyed Ahmad Samsamshariat

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 92868, USA
    • ,
  • Mohammad-Reza Movahed

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 92868, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 714 456 6699; fax: +1 714 456 8895.

Received 18 April 2005 ,Revised 19 April 2005 ,Accepted 20 April 2005.

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PII: S1553-8389(05)00036-9

doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2005.04.005

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 1 , Pages 21-23 , January 2005

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