Imaging of the pulmonary circulation in the closed-chest rat using synchrotron radiation microangiography

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 787-793

  Schwenke, Daryl O ^a,e   Pearson, James T ^b   Umetani, Keiji ^d   Kangawa, Kenji ^a   Shirai, Mikiyasu ^c  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Intact chest; Pulmonary microvessels

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IOMEPROL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HYPOXIA; IMAGING; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; MALE; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION MICROANGIOGRAPHY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD VESSELS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IOPAMIDOL; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNCHROTRONS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 33846880481     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00596.2006     Document Type: Article

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