Occurrence of cardiovascular calcifications in normal, aging rats

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 614-619

  Roosens, Bram ^a,b   Bala, Gezim ^a,b   Droogmans, Steven ^a,b   Hostens, Jeroen ^c   Somja, Joan ^d   Delvenne, Eléonore ^d   Schiettecatte, Johan ^a   Delvenne, Philippe ^d   Lahoutte, Tony ^a,b   Van Camp, Guy ^a,b   Cosyns, Bernard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

^c SkyScan Belgium   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aging; Cardiovascular calcification; Echocardiography; Integrated backscatter; Micro CT; Small animals

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATININE; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL CALCIFICATION; CALIBRATED INTEGRATED BACKSCATTER; CARDIOVASCULAR CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

AGING; ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; CALCINOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, WISTAR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84863092849     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.05.012     Document Type: Article

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