Measuring ascending aortic stiffness in vivo in mice using ultrasound

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 94, 2014, Pages

  Kuo, Maggie M ^a   Barodka, Viachaslau ^b   Abraham, Theodore P ^b   Steppan, Jochen ^b   Shoukas, Artin A ^a   Butlin, Mark ^c   Avolio, Alberto ^c   Berkowitz, Dan E ^a,b   Santhanam, Lakshmi ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic compliance; Aortic stiffness; Cardiovascular disease; Elastic modulus; In vivo; Issue 94; Medicine; Mouse model; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917711147     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52200     Document Type: Article

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