›› 2001, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (2): 122-126.

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Animal Model of Congestive Heart Failure

  

  1. Chongqing University of Medical Sciences 1. Department of Gereology of the second hospital, Chongqing 4000016,China ; 2. Center of experimental animal Chongqing 400016,China
  • Received:2000-10-31 Online:2001-01-25 Published:2013-03-19

Abstract: Rat,rabbit,and dog are commonly used for establishment of congestive heart failure(CHF) model by the methods of volume overload,pressure overload and my-ocardium contractility attenuation. The established models are evaluated by cardiac func-tion examinations which include cardiac catheterization and ultrasonic cardiogram.

Key words: Congestive heart failure , Animal model, Evaluation