Morphological and biomechanical study of abdominal aorta of rats submitted to experimental chronic alcoholism Avaliação morfológica e biomecânica da aorta abdominal de ratos submetidos ao alcoolismo crônico experimental

PURPOSE: To assess the influence of experimental chronic alcoholism in the morphology and biomechanics of the aorta, in a rat model. METHODS: Forty-four Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups of 22 animals each: in the alcoholism group, the rats received water mixed to increasing concentr...

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Main Authors: Nereide Freire Cerqueira, Winston Bonetti Yoshida, Sérgio Swain Müller, Júlio Lopes Sequeira, Antônio de Castro Rodrigues, Carlos Roberto Padovani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Cirurgia 2005-06-01
Series:Acta Cirurgica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-86502005000300004