Murine models have been utilized with increasing frequency mainly due to availability of
genetically engineered models. With advancement in high spatial and temporal resolution …

Mice are increasingly used in cardiovascular research, and echocardiography is ideally
suited to evaluate their cardiac phenotype. This review describes the current use of mice …

Ventricular dysfunction remains a hallmark of most cardiac disease. The mouse has become
an essential model system for cardiovascular biology, and echocardiography an established …

Transgenic mice displaying abnormalities in cardiac development and function represent a
powerful new tool for understanding molecular mechanisms underlying normal …

The mouse is an important model system for cardiovascular biology, with echocardiography
a critical tool for noninvasive measurement of cardiac morphology and function. The …

Doppler-echocardiographic assessment of cardiovascular structure and function in murine
models has developed into one of the most commonly used non-invasive techniques during …

Echocardiography is a reliable and reproducible method to assess non-invasively cardiac
function in clinical and experimental research. Significant progress in the development of …

The increasing use of transgenic mouse models for investigating the mechanisms of cardiac
growth and function has made it important to develop noninvasive methods for assessing …

Systolic and diastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle (LV) is a hallmark of most cardiac
diseases. In vivo assessment of heart function in animal models, particularly mice, is …

Background—Insufficient techniques exist for rapid and reliable phenotype characterization
of genetically manipulated mouse models of cardiac dysfunction. We developed a new …