Cardiac Characterization of mdx Mice Using High-Resolution Doppler Echocardiography
- Fayssoil, Abdallah
- Renault, Gilles
- Guerchet, Nicolas
- Marchiol-Fournigault, Carmen
- Fougerousse, Françoise
- Richard, Isabelle
Publication date
April 2013
DOI Publisher
Wiley ISSN
0278-4297 Citation count (estimate)
8Abstract
International audienceDuchenne muscular dystrophy is an X-linked neuromuscular disorder. The heart is traditionally involved, leading to heart failure. The mdx mouse is a natural animal model of the disease. We conducted a prospective study to analyze left ventricular (LV) function in mdx mice at different ages using high-resolution Doppler echocardiography
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