Microarray Analysis of Normal and Abnormal Chick Ventricular Myocardial Development

Abstract

The study describes changes in gene expression between the right and left venticle in the chick embryonic heart. Comparison of developmental changes with alterations induced by hemodynamic changes showed a regression in the hearts with developing left ventricular hypoplasia

Keywords

• chick embryo
• gene chip array
• hypoplastic left heart syndrome
• gene expression
• hemodynamics