title: [Assessment of cardiac structure and function by echocardiographic values for male Balb/c mice].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the parameters of cardiac structure and function of male Balb/c mice by the echocardiography.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 27 male Balb/c mice (from five to seven week old) were examined with a 13-MHz transthoracic linear-array transducer, hearts were removed from mice anesthetized with Nembutal, and the left ventricular (LV) mass were weighed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Complete 2-dimensional echocardiography for cardiac structure and function were obtained. Hemodynamic parameters were recorded. A correlation existed between LV weight (x) and echocardiographic LV mass (y) with the 2D) guided M-mode method: y = 1.15x + 3.26, (r = 0.80).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Echocardiography appears to be a promising approach for noninvasively assessing LV mass and function in mice.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, the First Affliated Hospital of Naning Medical University, Naning 210029, China.
authors.forename: Ji-zheng
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xiao-xia
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Shu-shu
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Heng-fang
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiang-jian
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Di
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ji-nan
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004452:Echocardiography; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left