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An improved in vivo method for atrioventricular node ablation via thoracotomy
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Autores: MacIver,R.H.; Stewart,R.D.; Backer,C.L.; Tsao,S.; Harrington,D.A.; Mavroudis,C.
The atrioventricular (AV) node is permanently damaged in approximately 3% of congenital heart surgery operations, requiring implantation of a permanent pacemaker. Improvements in pacemaker design and in alternative treatment modalities require an effective in vivo model of complete heart block (CHB) before testing can be performed in humans. Such a model should enable accurate, reliable, and detectable induction of the surgical pathology. Through our laboratory’s efforts in developing a tissue engineering therapy for CHB, we describe here an improved in vivo model for inducing chronic AV block. The method employs a right thoracotomy in the adult rabbit, from which the right atrial appendage may be retracted to expose an access channel for the AV node. A...
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other
Palavras-chave: Atrioventricular node; Heart block; Ablation; Tissue engineering; Regenerative medicine; In vivo model.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010000200012