Development and comparison of a minimally-invasive model of autologous clot pulmonary embolism in Sprague-Dawley and Copenhagen rats

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Experimental models of pulmonary embolism (PE) that produce pulmonary hypertension (PH) employ many different methods of inducing acute pulmonary occlusion. Many of these models induce PE with intravenous injection of exogenous imper...

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Main Authors: Sanapareddy Nina, Gellar Michael A, Runyon Michael S, Kline Jeffrey A, Watts John A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-02-01
Series:Thrombosis Journal
Online Access:http://www.thrombosisjournal.com/content/8/1/3