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Transthoracic Echocardiography in Mice

Article DOI: 10.3791/1738-v • 08:10 min • May 28th, 2010
May 28th, 2010 •
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1Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), 2The Margaret M. and Albert B. Alkek Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM)

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Transthoracic echocardiography offers a noninvasive method for the evaluation of cardiac function in mice. A combination of ultrasound and Doppler imaging modalities can be used to obtain dimensional measurements of the heart and intracardiac blood flow, which together provide an assessment of cardiac systolic and diastolic performance.

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Transthoracic Echocardiography Murine Models Cardiac Dysfunction Gene Expression Dimensional Measurements Cardiac Phenotype Pulse Wave Doppler (PWD) Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) Mouse Heart Cardiac Systolic Performance Cardiac Diastolic Performance Two-dimensional Imaging M-mode Echo Quantification Of Cardiac Dimensions Contractility PWD Velocity Of Turbulent Flow TDI Velocity Of Myocardial Motion Noninvasive Evaluation
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