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Dtsch Med Wochenschr ; 143(23): 1705-1713, 2018 11.
Article in German | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29879752

ABSTRACT

Step by step explanation and detailed overview of the correct approach to spectral-Doppler-sonography, including several practical examples. The article provides comprehensive explanations of the appropriate settings in different situations.


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Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color , Humans , Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
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Dtsch Med Wochenschr ; 143(8): 584-592, 2018 Apr.
Article in German | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29548043

ABSTRACT

Step by step explanation for Color-Doppler-Sonography dealing with the transducer-application and the adjustments of the system for an optimal Doppler-angle as well as the adequate setting of scale, gain, color-box and Doppler-center-frequency.


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Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color/methods , Humans
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PLoS One ; 8(8): e68275, 2013.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23990872

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BACKGROUND: Surgical procedures in small animal models of heart disease might evoke alterations in cardiac morphology and function. The aim of this study was to reveal and quantify such potential artificial early or long term effects in vivo, which might account for a significant bias in basic cardiovascular research, and, therefore, could potentially question the meaning of respective studies. METHODS: Female Wistar rats (n = 6 per group) were matched for weight and assorted for sham left coronary artery ligation or control. Cardiac morphology and function was then investigated in vivo by cine magnetic resonance imaging at 7 Tesla 1 and 8 weeks after the surgical procedure. The time course of metabolic and inflammatory blood parameters was determined in addition. RESULTS: Compared to healthy controls, rats after sham surgery showed a lower body weight both 1 week (267.5±10.6 vs. 317.0±11.3 g, n<0.05) and 8 weeks (317.0±21.1 vs. 358.7±22.4 g, n<0.05) after the intervention. Left and right ventricular morphology and function were not different in absolute measures in both groups 1 week after surgery. However, there was a confined difference in several cardiac parameters normalized to the body weight (bw), such as myocardial mass (2.19±0.30/0.83±0.13 vs. 1.85±0.22/0.70±0.07 mg left/right per g bw, p<0.05), or enddiastolic ventricular volume (1.31±0.36/1.21±0.31 vs. 1.14±0.20/1.07±0.17 µl left/right per g bw, p<0.05). Vice versa, after 8 weeks, cardiac masses, volumes, and output showed a trend for lower values in sham operated rats compared to controls in absolute measures (782.2±57.2/260.2±33.2 vs. 805.9±84.8/310.4±48.5 mg, p<0.05 for left/right ventricular mass), but not normalized to body weight. Matching these findings, blood testing revealed only minor inflammatory but prolonged metabolic changes after surgery not related to cardiac disease. CONCLUSION: Cardio-thoracic surgical procedures in experimental myocardial infarction cause distinct alterations upon the global integrity of the organism, which in the long term also induce circumscribed repercussions on cardiac morphology and function. This impact has to be considered when analyzing data from respective animal studies and transferring these findings to conditions in patients.


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Cardiac Surgical Procedures/adverse effects , Heart Diseases/surgery , Heart/physiopathology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Animals , Body Weight , Disease Models, Animal , Electrocardiography , Female , Heart Ventricles/physiopathology , Inflammation , Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine/methods , Myocardial Infarction/physiopathology , Rats , Rats, Wistar
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