Doppler myocardial imaging in adult male rats: Reference values and reproducibility of velocity and deformation parameters

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 411-417

  Weytjens, Caroline ^a   Cosyns, Bernard ^a   D'hooge, Jan ^b   Gallez, Carole ^a   Droogmans, Steven ^a   Lahoute, Tony ^a   Franken, Philippe ^a   Van Camp, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Doppler myocardial imaging; Echocardiography; LV function; Rats; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RATE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART RATE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33750487175     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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