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Gated blood-pool studies of cardiac function in the rat and marmoset.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6875683     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To develop a sensitive, relatively noninvasive method for monitoring cardiac function in small laboratory animals, equilibrium gated blood-pool imaging (with Tc-99m RBC) was adapted for use in an inbred strain of laboratory rats of 400-470 g body weight and in marmosets of 320-400 g body weight. A 2-mm pinhole collimator was fitted to the gamma camera to produce a distinct image of the left ventricle following intravenous injection of 5 mCi of pertechnetate. Reproducible and consistent data for heart rate, left-ventricular ejection fraction, and peak ejection rate were obtained from studies on 13 male rats and five marmosets maintained on constant diets. An intravenous injection of 0.4 microgram of isoprenaline led to predictable increases in heart rate, left-ventricular ejection fraction, and peak ejection rate, and provided evidence of the sensitivity of the method in monitoring heart function in small laboratory animals.
Authors:
G H McIntosh; L R Barnden; I H Buttfield; J S Charnock
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of nuclear medicine : official publication, Society of Nuclear Medicine     Volume:  24     ISSN:  0161-5505     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Nucl. Med.     Publication Date:  1983 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1983-09-09     Completed Date:  1983-09-09     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0217410     Medline TA:  J Nucl Med     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  728-31     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Animals, Laboratory / physiology*
Callithrix
Heart / drug effects,  physiology,  radionuclide imaging*
Heart Rate
Heart Ventricles / radionuclide imaging
Isoproterenol / pharmacology
Male
Myocardial Contraction
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Stroke Volume
Technetium / diagnostic use
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
7440-26-8/Technetium; 7683-59-2/Isoproterenol

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