Performance comparison of ultrasound-based methods to assess aortic diameter and stiffness in normal and aneurysmal mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Trachet, Bram ^a,b   Fraga Silva, Rodrigo A ^b   Londono, Francisco J ^a   Swillens, Abigaïl ^a   Stergiopulos, Nikolaos ^b   Segers, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CIRCUMFERENTIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; M MODE ECHOGRAPHY; MALE; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PULSE WAVE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STANDARD DEVIATION; SYSTOLE; TRANSIT TIME; VALIDITY; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84935021195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129007     Document Type: Article

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