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UNC McAllister Heart Institute

Services

Microsurgery and Animal Models
  • Myocardial Infarction
Photo of mouse heart which has undergone a myocardial infarction and ischemia perfusion procedure
Myocardial Infarction and Ischemia Perfusion model
  • Ischemia-Reperfusion
  • Aortic constriction

 

Photo of a mouse heart which has undergone aortic binding.

Aortic banding (TAC)
  • Minipump/Telemetry Implantation
  • Arterial and venous cannulation
  • Carotid or renal artery ligation
  • Ferric chloride-induced thrombosis model
  • Cardiac arrest/resuscitation murine model
Image of surgery model a femoral artery injury
Femoral artery injury model
Picture of IVC to carotid graft
IVC to Carotid graft surgery
photo of surgery to develop a renal artery stenosis model
Renal Artery Stenosis Model
  • Customized surgeries

Cardiac Phenotyping and Physiology Assessment
  • Echocardiography (Ultrasound of hearts and large or small vessels)
    • Hands-on training for echocardiography and echo analysis is available
  • Electrocardiography
  • Pressure-Volume Loops
Photo of laser doppler imaging of mouse
Laser Doppler Imaging
  • Other services (Cardiomyocytes Isolation, Langendorff, and Working Heart Perfusion)

Equipment Rental
  • Vevo2100 Ultrasound system (Echocardiography)
Photo of an Ultrasound of mouse heart after TAC
Ultrasound of mouse heart after TAC
  • CODA High Throughput System (Non-invasive blood pressure measurement)
  • Surgical table with Zeiss two-head Surgical Microscope
MHI CPPC Surgical suite
  • Ultra-Precise Small Animal Stereotaxic instrument
  • Olympus SZX-16 fluorescence microscope
  • Leica confocal microscope
  • Workstation with LabChart 8.0 pro and Vevo Lab