Adjustment and Characterization of an Original Model of Chronic Ischemic Heart Failure in Pig

Figure 2

After incision in the thorax in the 4-5th intercostal space, the pericardium is opened. The left atrium is reclined, the atrioventricular groove dissected, and the circumflex branch of left coronary artery is exposed. The constrictor is placed around it. A second constrictor is then placed around the left anterior descending artery.