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Chapters
- 00:05Introduction
- 00:54Apparatus Preparation
- 01:30Cardiopulmonary Block Extraction
- 05:10Perfusion Technique
- 07:40Results: Effects of Perfusion on the Lung
- 09:41Conclusion
The isolated rabbit lung preparation is a gold standard tool in pulmonary research. This publication aims to describe the technique as developed for the study of physiological and pathological mechanisms involved in airway reactivity, lung preservation, and preclinical research in lung transplantation and pulmonary edema.
