Evaluation of cardiac structures and function in small experimental animals: Transthoracic, transesophageal, and intraventricular echocardiography to assess contractile function in rat heart

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 477-486

  Schwarz, E R ^a   Pollick, C ^a   Meehan, W P ^a   Kloner, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Myocardial infarction; Rats; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENTRICULAR ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; RAT; TRANSDUCER; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 0032428683     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003950050118     Document Type: Article

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