Exercise Test for Evaluation of the Functional Efficacy of the Pig Cardiovascular SystemAnni Määttä *1, Niko Järveläinen *1, Jaakko Lampela 1, Seppo Ylä-Herttuala 1,2
1A.I. Virtanen Institute, University of Eastern Finland, 2Heart Center and Gene Therapy Unit, Kuopio University Hospital
The present protocol describes a large animal exercise test model to assess the functional capacity of the cardiovascular system for evaluating the efficiency of new therapies in the preclinical setting. It is comparable to a clinical exercise test.