Chapter title |
Ovine Model of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
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Chapter number | 23 |
Book title |
Experimental Models of Cardiovascular Diseases
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Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/978-1-4939-8597-5_23 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-1-4939-8596-8, 978-1-4939-8597-5
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Authors |
Dae-Hee Kim, Brittan Morris, J. Luis Guerrero, Suzanne M. Sullivan, Judy Hung, Robert A. Levine, Kim, Dae-Hee, Morris, Brittan, Guerrero, J. Luis, Sullivan, Suzanne M., Hung, Judy, Levine, Robert A. |
Abstract |
Ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) is a common complication of ischemic heart disease that doubles mortality after myocardial infarction and is a major driving factor increasing heart failure. IMR is caused by left ventricular (LV) remodeling which displaces the papillary muscles that tether the mitral valve leaflets and restrict their closure. IMR frequently recurs even after surgical treatment. Failed repair associates with lack of reduction or increase in LV remodeling, and increased heart failure and related readmissions. Understanding mechanistic and molecular mechanisms of IMR has largely attributed to the development of large animal models. Newly developed therapeutic interventions targeted to the primary causes can also be tested in these models. The sheep is one of the most suitable models for the development of IMR. In this chapter, we describe the protocols for inducing IMR in sheep using surgical ligation of obtuse marginal branches. After successful posterior myocardial infarction involving posterior papillary muscle, animals develop significant mitral regurgitation around 2 months after the surgery. |
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