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 …

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. …

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 …

… 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 …

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 …

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 …

Hypercholesterolemia exacerbates ventricular remodeling in the rat model of myocardial infarction

M Mączewski, J Mączewska - Journal of cardiac failure, 2006 - Elsevier
… During further follow-up, 4 and 2 rats died in hypercholesterolemic and …
Echocardiographic indices of left ventricular remodeling after myocardial infarction in normo…

Serial assessment of left ventricular remodeling and function by echo-tissue Doppler imaging after myocardial infarction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic swine

W Ruan, L Lu, Q Zhang, M Cao, ZB Zhu… - … of Echocardiography, 2009 - Elsevier
remodeling process and the incidence of heart failure after MI have been evaluated in rodents
risk for death during long-term follow-up, delay or even prevention of heart failure could be …

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…