title: Cardiovascular Imaging in Mice.
abstract: The mouse is the mammalian model of choice for investigating cardiovascular biology, given our ability to manipulate it by genetic, pharmacologic, mechanical, and environmental means. Imaging is an important approach to phenotyping both function and structure of cardiac and vascular components. This review details commonly used imaging approaches, with a focus on echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging and brief overviews of other imaging modalities. We also briefly outline emerging imaging approaches but caution that reliability and validity data may be lacking.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Colin K L
authors.initials: CKL
authors.lastname: Phoon
authors.affiliation: Departments of Radiology and Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.|Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Daniel H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Turnbull
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000818:Animals; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects; D003243:Consciousness; D004452:Echocardiography; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005333:Fetus; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D051379:Mice; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D057054:Molecular Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000187:drug effects; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence
keywords: Doppler; echocardiography; magnetic resonance imaging; mouse models; ultrasound biomicroscopy