Echocardiographic and Histological Assessment of Age-Related Valvular Changes in Normal Rats

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 558-565

  Droogmans, Steven ^a,b   Roosens, Bram ^a,b   Cosyns, Bernard ^a,b   Hernot, Sophie ^b   Weytjens, Caroline ^a,b   Degaillier, Céline ^a   Garbar, Christian ^a   Caveliers, Vicky ^a,b   Pipeleers Marichal, Myriam ^a   Franken, Philippe R ^b   Bossuyt, Axel ^a,b   Lahoutte, Tony ^a,b   Schoors, Danny ^a   Van Camp, Guy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiac valves; Echocardiography; Histology; Small animals

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED; AGING; AORTIC REGURGITATIONS; AORTIC VALVES; CARDIAC VALVES; COLOR DOPPLER; HEART DISEASE; LEFT VENTRICLES; RETROGRADE FLOWS; SMALL ANIMALS; WISTAR RATS;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BLOOD VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; RATS; SODIUM; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ANIMALS;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVES; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 62849114155     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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