Non-invasive in vivo measurement of cardiac output in C57BL/6 mice using high frequency transthoracic ultrasound: evaluation of gender and body weight effects

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1237-1244

  Domínguez, Elisabet ^a   Ruberte, Jesús ^a   Ríos, José ^a,b   Novellas, Rosa ^a   del Alamo, Maria Montserrat Rivera ^a   Navarro, Marc ^a   Espada, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body weight effect; Cardiac output; Gender effect; High frequency ultrasound; Mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; MALE; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84928891438     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-014-0454-4     Document Type: Article

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