Validation of an echocardiographic assessment of cardiac function following moderate size myocardial infarction in the rat

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6-7, 1996, Pages 570-572

  Burrell, Louise M ^a   Chan, Robert ^a   Phillips, Paddy A ^a   Calafiore, Paul ^a   Tonkin, Andrew M ^a   Johnston, Colin I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

echocardiography; hypertrophy; left ventricle; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0029990735     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.1996.tb02782.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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