BACKGROUND: Recently, there have been many studies on genes or regenerations using
small animals such as mice and rats. However, the therapeutic effects in genes or cell levels …

Objectives Few intravenous myocardial contrast echocardiography trials have evaluated
myocardial perfusion in small animals. The feasibility of using intravenous myocardial …

Background: New echocardiographic contrast agents are commonly tested in the dog
model. However, this species has a number of drawbacks, including difficulties in …

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

Objective: Valuation of myocardial infarction induced by ischemia and reperfusion in mice
using echocardiographic analyses performed in specific equipment for small rodents …

BACKGROUND: The ability to assess myocardial perfusion in small animals is important,
especially to investigate models of myocardial ischemia. Myocardial perfusion is usually …

Methods Closed chest mice were examined. The left ventricular short-axis view at the mid
papillary muscle level was recorded before and after NC100100 injection using a SONOS …

Objective: The aim was to evaluate whether two dimensional echocardiographic/Doppler
(echo/Doppler) techniques could be used to detect left ventricular damage rapidly …

Myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) offers the opportunity to study myocardial
perfusion defects in mice in detail. The value of MCE compared with single-photon emission …

Differentiation between stunned and infarcted myocardium in the setting of acute ischemia is
challenging. Real time myocardial contrast echocardiography allows the simultaneous …