Cardiovascular Research

A small animal model of non-ischemic cardiomyopathy and its evaluation by transthoracic echocardiography.

Authors: E R Schwarz|||C Pollick|||J Dow|||M Patterson|||Y Birnbaum|||R A Kloner

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Abstract

Costs for large animal studies have escalated. Therefore there is a need to develop small animal models of non-ischemic cardiac failure and accurate non-invasive techniques that will allow serial quantitation of left ventricular function.

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Chemical List

Antibiotics, Antineoplastic|||Doxorubicin