Contrast Enhanced Echocardiographic Follow-up of Cardiac Remodeling and Function after Myocardial Infarction in Rats

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1561-1571

  Rabald, Steffen ^a   Hagendorff, Andreas ^a   Pfeiffer, Dietrich ^a   Zimmer, Heinz Gerd ^a   Deten, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Animal study; Contrast medium; Echocardiography; Heart function; LV remodeling; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; HEMODYNAMICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

ANIMAL STUDY; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEART FUNCTIONS; LV REMODELING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RAT; RELIABILITY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEART ATRIA; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 34548820969     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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