Evaluation cardioprotective effects of atorvastatin in rats by real time myocardial contrast echocardiography

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 974-981

  Filusch, Arthur ^a   Buss, Sebastian ^a   Hardt, Stefan ^a   Katus, Hugo A ^a   Kuecherer, Helmut F ^a   Hansen, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atorvastatin; Contrast echo; Ischemia; Reperfusion; Statins

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; MICROSPHERE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART PROTECTION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STAINING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; PYRROLES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 53349176229     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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