Population
Isolated hearts from pigs (40 kg, n = 20) and sheep (n = 1)
Comparison
Ex vivo blood perfusion in the working mode with… vs Ex vivo blood perfusion in the working mode…
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
80 min
Authors
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Establishes feasibility of MR-compatible isolated large-animal heart models; leaves open translation to human biventricular physiology.
An MR-compatible isolated working large animal heart model is feasible and allows simultaneous assessment of cardiac structure, mechanics, and electrophysiology.
Vaillant et al. (2016) studied this question.
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