Transcutaneous vascular ultrasound in hypercholesterolaemic rabbits: A new method to evaluate endothelial function

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-86

  Hiss, Katrin ^a   Steioff, Kerstin ^a   Loehn, Matthias ^a   Ruetten, Hartmut ^a  

^a SANOFI AVENTIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Endothelium dependent relaxation; Hypercholesterolaemia; Rabbit; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE MODEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; TECHNIQUE; TRANSCUTANEOUS VASCULAR ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; RABBITS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33644760693     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002367706775404372     Document Type: Article

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