Rat model of exercise-induced cardiac hypertrophy: Hemodynamic characterization using left ventricular pressure-volume analysis

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 305, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Radovits, Tamás ^a,b   Oláh, Attila ^a   Lux, Árpád ^a   Németh, Balázs Tamás ^a   Hidi, László ^a   Birtalan, Ede ^a   Kellermayer, Dalma ^a   Mátyás, Csaba ^a   Szabó, Gábor ^b   Merkely, Béla ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac mechanoenergetics; Diastolic function; Exercise induced cardiac hypertrophy; Pressure volume analysis; Systolic function

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART WEIGHT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

CARDIAC MECHANOENERGETICS; DIASTOLIC FUNCTION; EXERCISE-INDUCED CARDIAC HYPERTROPHY; PRESSURE-VOLUME ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMEGALY, EXERCISE-INDUCED; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STROKE VOLUME; SWIMMING; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84879596769     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00108.2013     Document Type: Article

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