Heterotopic Cervical Heart Transplantation in MiceThomas Ratschiller 1,4, Marcus-André Deutsch 1, Julia Calzada-Wack 2, Frauke Neff 2, Christiane Roesch 3, Ralf Guenzinger 3, Ruediger Lange 3, Markus Krane 3
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Experimental Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Technische Universität München, 2Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, 3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Experimental Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Technische Universität München, 4Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, General Hospital Linz
The cuff technique shortens and facilitates the model of heterotopic cervical heart transplantation in mice by avoiding technically challenging suture anastomoses of small vessels. The technical details shown in this video paper should allow researches to establish this model in their laboratories.
