title: Echocardiographic assessment of cardiac function in the rabbit: a preliminary study.
abstract: A technique for obtaining M-mode echocardiograms in sedated adult rabbits of both sexes, New Zealand and California breeds, is described. Despite the fact that with rabbits there are certain technical difficulties in obtaining the M-mode echocardiograms, our preliminary results indicate that the following measurements could be the most useful and accurate: 1) left ventricular systolic time intervals; 2) right ventricular systolic time intervals; 3) right ventricular end-diastolic dimension; 4) left atrial internal dimension; 5) left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic dimensions; 6) systolic slope of the interventricular septum; 7) mid-diastolic partial closure of the mitral valve (EF slope); and 8) systolic slope of the posterior aortic wall.
authors.affiliation: Becaria de Investigación del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Cádiz, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tello de Meneses
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Mesa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits / Q000502:physiology*