Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ishikura, Fuminobu, MD
• Hirayama, Hideo, BS
• Iwata, Akiko, MD
• Toshida, Tsutomu, MD
• Masuda, Kasumi, BS
• Otani, Kentaro, BS
• Asanuma, Toshihiko, MD
• Beppu, Shintaro, MD

Titel

Brief Communications: Visualization of Coronary Arteries in Rats by 3-Dimensional Real-Time Contrast Echocardiography

Ist Teil von

• Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography, 2008-05, Vol.21 (5), p.500-500

Ort / Verlag

United States: Mosby, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Angiogenesis is under intense investigation to advance the treatment of various ischemic diseases. Small animals, such as mice and rats, are often used for this purpose. However, evaluating the structure of coronary arteries in small animals in situ is not easy. We succeeded in visualizing the coronary artery in rats on 3-dimensional real-time contrast echocardiography using a high-frequency transducer. These methods will be applied for more convenient assessment in a new study, examining issues such as angiogenesis using rats in situ.