title: Feasibility of quantitative analysis of regional left ventricular function in the post-infarct mouse by magnetic resonance imaging with retrospective gating.
abstract: We aimed testing feasibility of identification of regional left ventricular (LV) endocardial motion abnormalities in mice undergoing coronary ligation (MI), using cine magnetic resonance with retrospective gating and computation of regional fractional area change (RFAC), by comparison with histological "gold standard" evaluation. ROC analysis determined the optimal RFAC cut-off values for detecting regional ischemic injury. This approach was tested on 18 MI and 10 sham mice. Automated regional LV motion interpretation and bull's eye display allowed non-invasive localization of the induced infarction. Possible applications to future studies assessing the effectiveness of pharmacological treatments or regenerative medicine are expected.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franzosi
authors.forename: Uliano
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Guerrini
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Castiglioni
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sironi
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nobili
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tremoli
authors.forename: Enrico G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Caiani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000379:methods*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012372:ROC Curve; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*