High-frequency ultrasound assessment of the murine heart from embryo through to juvenile

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-157

  Corrigan, Niamh ^a,b,c   Brazil, Derek P ^a   Auliffe, Fionnuala M ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Embryonic murine heart; High frequency ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART PERFORMANCE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TIME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PREGNANCY; STROKE VOLUME; SYSTOLE;

EID: 76249086577     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719109348923     Document Type: Article

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