Increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor messenger RNA in lungs of rats after cavopulmonary anastomosis

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Jan;129(1):209-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.04.006.

Authors

Muhammad A Mumtaz¹, Charles H Fraga, Chad M Nicholls, Shailesh Desai, Nikolay Vasilyev, Raja Joshi, Roger B B Mee, Brian W Duncan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, The Children's Hospital at The Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA.

PMID: 15632845
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.04.006

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Arteriovenous Malformations / surgery*
Biomarkers / analysis
Disease Models, Animal
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Bypass, Right / adverse effects
Heart Bypass, Right / methods*
Male
Pulmonary Circulation / physiology*
RNA, Messenger / analysis*
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Reference Values
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
Sensitivity and Specificity
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / analysis
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / metabolism*

Substances

Biomarkers
RNA, Messenger
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A