ISSN:
1573-8221
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The following operations were performed in rabbits with and without atherosclerosis. At one operation, the left vagus was ligatured and the left anterior descending coronary artery divided. The first sign of a disturbance of the coronary circulation was that glycogen disappeared diffusely from the myocardium of rabbits of the atherosclerotic group, while from those which were free from atherosclerosis it disappeared from certain foci. Vascular disturbances and myocardial dystrophy appeared early in the atherosclerotic rabbits, and were more pronounced than in the operated controls. Protein dystrophy of cardiac muscle is revealed by the distinctive reaction to staining by Selye's method. Disappearance of glycogen from the ischemic zone, and fuchsinophilia of the muscle fibers in this zone constitute a morphological test for the early stages of myocardial infarction.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00794724
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