The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 27, Issue 12 , Pages 1340-1347 , December 2008

Human, Bovine and Porcine Systematic Vascular Input Impedances Are Not Equivalent: Implications for Device Testing and Xenotransplantation in Heart Failure

Received 18 December 2007 ,Revised 16 May 2008 ,Accepted 21 August 2008.

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 This study was supported by funding from the American Heart Association Ohio Valley Affiliate (grant no. 0060250B) and the Whitaker Foundation (grant no. RG-01-0310).

PII: S1053-2498(08)00620-7

doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.08.009

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume 27, Issue 12 , Pages 1340-1347 , December 2008

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