A New Model of Heart Failure Post-Myocardial Infarction in the RatHonglei Li 1,2, Jiansheng Huang 3, Caihong Liu 1, Zhentao Zhang 3, Kuiquan Song 2, Ke Ma 1, Connor W. Dennewitz 3, Shijun Wang 1,4
1College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2Department of Intensive Care Unit, Jinan Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 3Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 4Shandong Co-Innovation Center of Classic TCM Formula, Shandong Provincial Education Department
We successfully developed a reliable and reproducible model of heart failure post-myocardial infarction in the rat without ventilation or exteriorization of the heart. This simplifies the procedure and benefits the further studies about the potential mechanisms behind the heart failure.
