Murine left atrium and left atrial appendage structure and function: Echocardiographic and morphologic evaluation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Colazzo, Francesca ^a   Castiglioni, Laura ^b   Sironi, Luigi ^a,b   Fontana, Lucia ^b   Nobili, Elena ^a   Franzosi, Matteo ^b   Guerrini, Uliano ^b  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; C57BL/6N MOUSE; CD-1 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FVB MOUSE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART STROKE VOLUME; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY VEIN; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; HEART ATRIUM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84942912076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125541     Document Type: Article

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