Performance of two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography for the assessment of infarct size and left ventricular function in rats

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 687-695

  Nozawa, E ^a   Kanashiro, R M ^a   Murad, N ^a   Carvalho, A C C ^a   Cravo, S L D ^a   Campos, O ^a   Tucci, P J F ^a   Moises, V A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Myocardial infarction size; Rats; Systolic and diastolic function

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33646418980     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2006000500016     Document Type: Article

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