Although echocardiography is commonly used to analyze cardiac function in small animal
models of cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction, the different echocardiographic …

Background The aim of this article is to present an optimized acquisition and analysis
protocol for the echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricle (LV) remodeling in a mouse …

Background The rat infarct model was used extensively to study the pathophysiology of
myocardial infarction and to evaluate different therapies. Transthoracic echocardiography is …

Gene-targeting in mice is a powerful tool to define molecular mechanisms of ischemic heart
disease that determine infarct size, postinfarct left ventricular (LV) remodeling, and …

Objective Transthoracic echocardiography has been employed to assess left ventricular
dimensions and function in small animals. The aim of this study was to identify the limits of …

Abstract Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) is the gold standard for left ventricular (LV)
function assessment in small rodents and, though echocardiography (ECHO) has been …

Real-time myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) is a noninvasive perfusion imaging
method, whereas technical and resolution problems impair its application in small animals …

The present study determined whether two dimensional guided M‐mode echocardiography
could assess left ventricular (LV) geometry and function following a moderate size …

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to develop a simple and reasonably precise
echocardiographic method for the assessment of infarct size (IS) and cardiac dysfunction in …

Objective: To test the usage of serial echocardiography in mice with induced myocardial
infarct (MI) and to characterize the mouse model of MI. Methods: C57 mice underwent open …