Myocardial contrast echocardiography in assessing microcirculation in baboons with chagas disease

Microcirculation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-278

  Zabalgoitia, Miguel ^a   Ventura, Jaime ^a   Lozano, Jose L ^a   Anderson, Lori ^a   Carey, K D ^b   Hubbard, G B ^c   Williams, Jeff T ^c   Vandeberg, John L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Baboons; Chagasic cardiomyopathy; Microcirculation; Myocardial contrast echocardiography; Myocardial perfusion

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; FS 069; HUMAN ALBUMIN; MICROSPHERE; OCTAFLUOROPROPANE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BABOON; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROVOCATION TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VELOCITY;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; PAPIO; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; PAPIO; PRIMATES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 10244234015     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739680490425976     Document Type: Article

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