Rats with high left ventricular end-diastolic pressure can be identified by Doppler echocardiography one week after myocardial infarction
The severity of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in rats with myocardial infarction (MI) varies widely. Because homogeneity in baseline parameters is essential for experimental investigations, a study was conducted to establish whether Doppler echocardiography (DE) could accurately identify animals...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2007-11-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007001100016 |