New method of left ventricular intubation in anaesthetised rats / 中国应用生理学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>AIM</b>To search for a new method of left ventricular intubation in rat.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>The wire of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was put into carotid artery through external carotid artery. Then supported by guide wire, the PE50 tube was advanced into left ventricle.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Left ventricular intubation with PTCA guide wire could be performed in 30 rats and successfully repeated in 27 animals.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The new left ventricular intubation technology in rats is simple and provides a reproducible method.</p>