Echocardiographic Characterization of Postnatal Development in Mice with Reduced Arterial Elasticity

Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 424-438

  Le, Victoria P ^a   Wagenseil, Jessica E ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Carotid; Compliance; Diastolic dysfunction; Elastin; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

AORTA; CAROTID; COMPLIANCE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; ELASTIN;

BLOOD PRESSURE; ELASTICITY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEART; STIFFNESS; ULTRASONICS;

MAMMALS;

ELASTIN;

ADULTHOOD; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA INNER DIAMETER; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CAROTID ARTERY INNER DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LEFT VENTRICULAR INNER DIAMETER AT DIASTOLE FRACTIONAL SHORTENING; LEFT VENTRICULAR INNER DIAMETER AT SYSTOLE FRACTIONAL SHORTENING; MALE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

EID: 84870462278     PISSN: 1869408X     EISSN: 18694098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13239-012-0108-4     Document Type: Article

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