Assessment of small-animal cardiac data acquired using SPECT requires an accurate
understanding of the reproducibility and the uncertainties associated with the technique …

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is often associated with a change in myocardial energy
substrate preference from fatty acids to glucose. A possible anti hypertrophic treatment …

Purpose The cardiac gating signal (CGS) in positron emission tomography (PET) studies is
usually obtained from an electrocardiography (ECG) monitor. In this work, we propose a …

New Findings• What is the topic of this review? To discuss the mouse models of myocardial
ischaemia and infarction and the applications of dedicated hybrid positron emission …

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a 3-dimensional imaging technique that has
undergone tremendous developments during the last decade. Non-invasive tracing of …

Cardiac research increasingly relies on small animals (rats and mice) in which the study of
phenotypic expressions of genomic defects as well as the evaluation of gene therapies is …

This article is the latest in the series of literature reviews that have appeared in the Journal.
We have attempted to highlight important recent literature and new trends in single-photon …

This report describes a simple design of noninvasive carbon tube electrodes that facilitates
electrocardiography (ECG) in mice during cardiac multimodality preclinical imaging. Both …

Left ventricular catheterization is a key step for hemodynamic studies. At present, the right
common carotid artery is a popular entrance, but right common carotid artery puncturation …

Recent advancements in PET instrumentation have made the non-invasive assessment of
cardiovascular function in small animals a reality. The majority of small animal PET systems …