Nitrogen-13 ammonia cardiac positron emission tomography in mice: Effects of clonidine-induced changes in cardiac work on myocardial perfusion

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 110-116

  Inubushi, Masayuki ^a   Jordan, Maria C ^a   Roos, Kenneth P ^a   Ross, Robert S ^a   Chatziioannou, Arion F ^a   Stout, David B ^a   Dahlbom, Magnus ^a   Schelbert, Heinrich R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

13N ammonia; Heart; Mice; Myocardial perfusion; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA N 13; CLONIDINE; ISOFLURANE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART WORK; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CLONIDINE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART; HEART RATE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOCARDIUM; NITROGEN RADIOISOTOPES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 1642512311     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1328-5     Document Type: Article

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