Background Two-dimensional echocardiography is useful for estimating the extent of infarct-
related wall motion abnormalities. Such estimation, however, is based on a few selected …

Background An experimental imaging platform for longitudinal monitoring and evaluation of
cardiac morphology-function changes has been long desired. We sought to establish such a …

The reperfusion injury that occurs in the early reperfusion often results in myocardial
dysfunction. This study evaluated global and regional left ventricular (LV) function using …

BACKGROUND: New therapeutic strategies aim to reduce the extent of myocardial infarction
(MI) to decrease long-term left ventricular (LV) remodeling. These innovations are often …

Whereas the extent of wall-motion abnormality (WMA) correlates well with the area at risk
(AAR) and infarction size in murine models of nonreperfused myocardial infarction, this …

Experimental validation studies of cross-sectional echocardiography are summarized. In
vitro and in vivo investigations of echocardiographic measurements on the canine heart …

Objective To establish a stable, repeatable and long-lasting rat model of myocardial
infarction, and to evaluate the feasibility of monitoring electrophysiological changes and left …

Background: Left ventricular remodeling (LVR) after AMI characterizes a factor of poor
prognosis. There is little information in the literature on the LVR analyzed with three …

OBJECTIVE: We sought to study the value of microvascular perfusion assessed by
myocardial contrast echocardiography in predicting left ventricular remodeling after anterior …

Background We evaluated echocardiographic area-length methods to measure left ventricle
(LV) volumes and ejection fraction (EF) in parasternal short axis views in comparison with …