Open AccessEffect of Cortisone on the Size of Experimentally Produced Myocardial Infarcts
Author(s) -
Aran S. Johnson,
Schayel R. Scheinberg,
R A Gerisch,
Harry C. Saltzstein
Publication year - 1953
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.7.2.224
Subject(s) - medicine , cortisone , vascularity , cardiology , artery , myocardial infarction , fibrosis , pathology
In a total of 57 dogs the anterior descending branch of the left coronary artery was doubly ligated. Cortisone apparently (1) reduced the area of residual fibrosis; (2) increased the vascularity of the heart.
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