Surgery Core
Surgery Core
Support Staff
Eric M. Small, Ph.D.
Director
Christine Christie
Technical Associate
Deanne Mickelsen
Technical Associate
Amy Mohan
Senior Technical Associate
Microsurgical models of Cardiovascular Remodeling
Cardiac
- Trans-aortic constriction (TAC)
- Left anterior descending coronary artery ligation – Myocardial infarction (MI)
- Ischemia/Reperfusion
- Osmotic minipump implantation
MI histo
EchoTrace
Vascular
- Complete carotid artery ligation
- Partial carotid artery ligation
- Abdominal aortic aneurism (AAA)
- Femoral artery wire injury
- Inferior vena cava constriction model of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- Femoral artery ligation
- Hind limb ischemia model of angiogenesis
Customized surgery development
Hind limb ischemia
Cardiovascular Physiology
- Echocardiography (Vevo 3100)
- LV systolic and diastolic physiology
- RV physiology
- Pulse wave doppler
- Vascular ultrasound
- Customized (other organs or tumors, 3D echoes, % vascularity, etc.)
Vevo 3100
Blood Pressure
Running Wheels
Running Wheels (zoomed in)
Surgery Suite 1
Surgery Suite 2