Intravascular Ultrasound Catheter Evaluation of the Left Ventricle in Mice: A Feasibility Study

• Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Vol. 13; no. 6; p. 609
• Main Authors: Gardin, Julius M., Siri, Francis, Kitsis, Richard N., Leinwand, Leslie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.1996

With the advent of transgenic technology, it has become increasingly important to find a method for evaluating left ventricular (LV) anatomy and function in intact wild type, intervened, and transgenic mice. Mice are 1/10th the size of rats, and have body masses of 10-60 g, LV masses of 40-150 mg, L...