Key result
Transthoracic echocardiographic imaging provided comprehensive noninvasive measurements of cardiac dimensions, function, and pressure gradients in a mouse model of transverse aortic constriction.
Why the study?
Does transthoracic echocardiography accurately assess cardiac morphological and functional changes in a mouse model of transverse aortic constriction?
Population
Mouse model of transverse aortic constriction (TAC)
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Enables detailed noninvasive phenotyping in murine TAC models; leaves open translation to clinical echocardiography.
Does transthoracic echocardiography accurately assess cardiac morphological and functional changes in a mouse model of transverse aortic constriction?
High-resolution echocardiography is a reliable noninvasive method for monitoring myocardial remodeling and heart failure progression in mouse models of transverse aortic constriction.
Li et al. (2016) studied Cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure (mouse model). High-resolution ultrasound imaging (transthoracic echocardiography) was evaluated on Cardiac morphological and functional changes. Transthoracic echocardiographic imaging provided comprehensive noninvasive measurements of cardiac dimensions, function, and pressure gradients in a mouse model of transverse aortic constriction.
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