Age-associated changes in hearts of male fischer 344/Brown Norway F1 rats

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-438

  Walker Jr , Ernest M ^a   Nillas, Michael S ^a   Mangiarua, Elsa I ^a   Cansino, Sylvestre ^a   Morrison, Ryan G ^a   Perdue, Romaine R ^a   Triest, William E ^a,b   Wright, Gary L ^a   Studeny, Mark ^a   Wehner, Paulette ^a   Rice, Kevin M ^a,b   Blough, Eric R ^a,b  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiac remodeling; Cardiovascular disease; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, INBRED F344; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33751231131     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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