Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular hypertrophy in rats using a simplified approach

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 555-558

  De Simone, Giovanni ^a   Wallerson, Donald C ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hypertension; Hypertrophy; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028338396     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/7.6.555     Document Type: Article

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