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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
The mouse is an important model system for cardiovascular biology, with echocardiography a critical tool for noninvasive measurement of cardiac morphology and function. The feasibility and short-term temporal consistency of repeated echocardiographic measurements in conscious mice has not been previously evaluated. We performed serial 2-dimensional guided M-mode transthoracic echocardiographic measurements at 5- to 10-minute intervals over 60 minutes in conscious mice and in mice treated with 1 of 3 anesthetic regimens: ketamine and acepromazine (n = 14); pentobarbital (n = 14); and ketamine and xylazine (n = 13). Unanesthetized mice received intraperitoneal saline (n = 6) or no injection (n = 7). In sequentially repeated measurements over 1 hour in conscious mice, none of the measured or derived echocardiographic parameters differed from baseline, whereas all 3 anesthetic regimens produced significant, prolonged, and temporally variable decreases in heart rate and fractional shortening. The relationship between heart rate and fractional shortening was not altered by anesthetic choice. Serial echocardiographic assessments of cardiac function, dimension, and mass can be performed with high reproducibility in conscious mice.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0894-7317
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1150-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Acepromazine, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Adrenergic alpha-Agonists, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Age Factors, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Anesthesia, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Anesthetics, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Cardiac Output, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Consciousness, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Diastole, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Dopamine Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Echocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Heart Rate, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Heart Ventricles, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Injections, Intraperitoneal, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Ketamine, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Models, Cardiovascular, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Reference Values, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Regression Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Sex Factors, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Statistics as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Systole, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Ventricular Function, pubmed-meshheading:14608286-Xylazine
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Temporal changes in ventricular function assessed echocardiographically in conscious and anesthetized mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-6300, USA. jeff.rottman@vanderbilt.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies