Magnetic resonance imaging analysis of cardiac cycle events in diabetic rats: The effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 538, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 555-572

  Al Shafei, Ahmad I M ^a,b   Wise, R G ^a,c   Gresham, G A ^a   Carpenter, T A ^b   Hall, L D ^a   Huang, Christopher L H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DRINKING WATER; STREPTOZOCIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE WORK; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; CAPTOPRIL; CORONARY CIRCULATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0037082241     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2001.012857     Document Type: Article

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