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    High throughput phenotyping of left and right ventricular cardiomyopathy in calcineurin transgene mice.
        
        Int. J. Cardiovasc. Imaging 31, 669-679 (2015)
    
    
    
	    Consistent protocols for the assessment of diastolic and systolic cardiac function to assure the comparability of existing data on preclinical models are missing. Calcineurin transgene (CN) mice are a preclinical model for hypertrophic and failing hearts. We aimed at evaluating left and right ventricular structural and functional remodeling in CN hearts with an optimized phenotyping protocol. We developed a protocol using techniques and indices comparable to those from human diagnostics for comprehensive in vivo cardiac screening using high-frequency echocardiography, Doppler, electrocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) techniques. We measured left and right ventricular dimensions and function, pulmonary and mitral flow pattern and the hearts electrophysiology non-invasively in <1 h per mouse. We found severe biventricular dilation and a drastic decline in performance in accordance with a condition of heart failure (HF), diastolic dysfunction and defects in electrical conduction in 8-week-old calcineurin transgenic mice. Echocardiography of the left ventricle was performed with and without anesthesia. In all cases absolute values on echocardiography compared with CMR were smaller for LV dimension and wall thickness, resulting in higher fractional shorting and ejection fraction. The study protocol described here opens opportunities to assess the added value of combined echocardiography, Doppler, CMR and ECG recording techniques for the diagnosis of biventricular cardiac pathologies i.e. of HF and to study symptom occurrence and disease progression non-invasively in high-throughput. Phenotyping CN hearts revealed new symptom occurrence and allowed insights into the diverse phenotype of hypertrophic failing hearts.
	
	
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        Publication type
        Article: Journal article
    
 
    
        Document type
        Scientific Article
    
 
     
    
    
        Keywords
        Cardiac Disease ; Doppler ; Echocardiography ; Electrocardiography ; Heart Failure ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Inbred Mouse Strains; Heart-failure; Echocardiographic-assessment; Cardiac-hypertrophy; In-vivo; Model; Mri
    
 
     
    
    
        Language
        english
    
 
    
        Publication Year
        2015
    
 
     
    
        HGF-reported in Year
        2015
    
 
    
    
        ISSN (print) / ISBN
        1569-5794
    
 
    
        e-ISSN
        1573-0743
    
 
    
     
     
	     
	 
	 
     
	
    
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	    Volume: 31,  
	    Issue: 4,  
	    Pages: 669-679 
	    
	    
	
    
 
    
         
        
            Publisher
            Springer
        
 
        
            Publishing Place
            Dordrecht [u.a.]
        
 
	
         
         
         
         
         
	
         
         
         
    
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
    
        Reviewing status
        Peer reviewed
    
 
    
        Institute(s)
        Institute of Experimental Genetics (IEG)
    
 
    
        POF-Topic(s)
        30201 - Metabolic Health
    
 
    
        Research field(s)
        Genetics and Epidemiology
    
 
    
        PSP Element(s)
        G-500600-001
    
 
     
     	
    
        PubMed ID
        25627778
    
    
    
        WOS ID
        WOS:000353222400001
    
    
        Scopus ID
        84939942981
    
    
        Scopus ID
        84921859609
    
    
        Erfassungsdatum
        2015-02-02