Contrast enhanced echocardiographic follow-up of cardiac remodeling and function after myocardial infarction in rats

S Rabald, A Hagendorff, D Pfeiffer, HG Zimmer… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2007 - Elsevier
enhanced echocardiography in rats from M-mode or single cross sections only. In this study,
contrast enhanced echocardiography … in rats to monitor remodeling and function after MI. …

In vivo assessment of cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction in rats by cine–magnetic resonance imaging

M Nahrendorf, F Wiesmann, KH Hiller… - … of Cardiovascular …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
… for follow-up of structural and functional changes in the intact … low for serial investigations of
remodeling. Furthermore, to … LV geometry and function in rats with myocardial infarction. We …

… during myocardial contrast echocardiography is superior to other known indexes of post-infarct reperfusion in predicting left ventricular remodeling: results of the …

L Galiuto, B Garramone, A Scarà, AG Rebuzzi… - … College of Cardiology, 2008 - jacc.org
follow-up, and we demonstrate that this ECG parameter is not able to predict post-infarct LV
remodeling. … predicts left ventricular remodeling following acute myocardial infarction". J Am …

The potential of contrastenhanced magnetic resonance imaging for predicting left ventricular remodeling

N Watzinger, GK Lund, CB Higgins… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Myocardial infarction (MI) was induced in 27 rats by 1 hour of … Rats were imaged 2 days and
8 weeks after MI using MRI to … , also increased significantly from baseline to follow-up (Table …

Regional myocardial function after myocardial infarction in mice: a follow-up study by strain rate imaging

H Thibault, L Gomez, E Donal, L Augeul… - … of Echocardiography, 2009 - Elsevier
… New therapeutic strategies aim to reduce the extent of myocardial infarction (MI) to
decrease long-term left ventricular (LV) remodeling. These innovations are often developed on …

Survival, haemodynamics and cardiac remodelling follow up in mice after myocardial infarction

S Pons, P Fornes, AA Hagege… - Clinical and …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… the effectiveness of echocardiographic investigations for the follow up of cardiac functional
and structural changes that develop along with dilated cardiomyopathy and/or CHF in mice. …

Temporal dissociation of left ventricular function and remodeling following experimental myocardial infarction in rats

SD Solomon, SC Greaves, M Rayan, P Finn… - Journal of Cardiac …, 1999 - Elsevier
… throughout the duration of follow-up. Regional wall motion … echocardiography in an
experimental model of MI in the rat … left ventricular function on subsequent ventricular remodeling…

… cardiac function in intact mice by contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging reveals contractile dysfunction in noninfarcted regions early after myocardial …

Z Yang, SS Berr, WD Gilson, MC Toufektsian… - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
… Immediately after the 24-hour MRI follow-up, the mice were killed to enable myocardial
infarct size determination with 2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride (TTC). Of the 23 mice

Ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction. Experimental observations and clinical implications.

MA Pfeffer, E Braunwald - Circulation, 1990 - Am Heart Assoc
… , infarct expansion has been recognized by echocardiography … In the rat model of myocardial
infarction, we observed that … year of follow-up, 32% of the patients with enlarged heart and …

Evaluation and simplified measurement of infarct size by myocardial contrast echocardiography in a rat model of myocardial infarction

X Chen, K Cui, J Xiu, H Lin, Y Lao, B Zhou… - … of Cardiovascular …, 2009 - Springer
… delivery techniques, murine models of myocardial infarction (MI) are increasingly used for …
of cardiac remodeling [1–3]. Infarct size (IS) is a major determinant of left ventricular modeling …