title: High-resolution echocardiography in the assessment of cardiac physiology and disease in preclinical models.
abstract: The high temporal and spatial resolution of echocardiography makes it a powerful and reliable tool for the non-invasive study of cardiac phenotype and disease in both adult and embryonic preclinical models. This overview of the use of high-resolution ultrasound for echocardiography highlights the present and potential applications of the technique.
authors.affiliation: BHF/University Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK. carmel.moran@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: Carmel M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: Adrian J W
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rog-Zielinska
authors.forename: Gillian A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D006321:Heart / Q000196:embryology / Q000502:physiology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D051379:Mice