In vivo characterization of murine myocardial perfusion with myocardial contrast echocardiography: Validation and application in nitric oxide synthase 3-deficient mice

Circulation

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1250-1257

  Raher, Michael J ^a   Thibault, Hélène ^a,b   Poh, Kian Keong ^a   Liu, Rong ^a   Halpern, Elkan F ^a   Derumeaux, Geneviève ^b   Ichinose, Fumito ^a   Zapol, Warren M ^a   Bloch, Kenneth D ^a   Picard, Michael H ^a   Scherrer Crosbie, Marielle ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Adenosine; Microspheres; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MICROSPHERE; PERFLUTREN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENOTYPE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEMODYNAMICS; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASODILATATION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; MYOCARDIUM; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III;

EID: 34948816575     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.707737     Document Type: Article

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