Non-invasive imaging of coronary arteries in living mice using high-resolution echocardiography

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-126

  Gan, Li Ming ^a,b   Wikström, Johannes ^b   Bergström, Göran ^a,b   Wandt, Birger ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Color Doppler; Coronary circulation; Echocardiography; Mouse; Spectral Doppler

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; IN VIVO STUDY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 2442715037     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430410029680     Document Type: Article

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