Longitudinal follow-up of cardiac structure and functional changes in an infarct mouse model using retrospectively gated micro-computed tomography

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 520-529

  Detombe, Sarah A ^a,b   Ford, Nancy L ^c   Xiang, Fuli ^b   Lu, Xiangru ^d   Feng, Qingping ^b,d   Drangova, Maria ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Imaging; Micro computed tomography; Myocardial infarction; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

FENESTRA VC; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; DIASTOLE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GATED IMAGING; HEART CATHETER; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MONITOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHAM PROCEDURE; SYSTOLE; WAVEFORM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; C57BL MOUSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MODEL; EVALUATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 50949124274     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3181727519     Document Type: Article

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