Increased Echogenicity and Radiodense Foci on Echocardiogram and MicroCT in Murine Myocarditis.

To address the question as to whether echocardiographic and/or microcomputed tomography (microCT) analysis can be utilized to assess the extent of Coxsackie B virus (CVB) induced myocarditis in the absence of left ventricular dysfunction in the mouse.Viral myocarditis is a significant clinical probl...

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Main Authors: Angela K Peter, William H Bradford, Nancy D Dalton, Yusu Gu, Chieh-Ju Chao, Kirk L Peterson, Kirk U Knowlton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4972301?pdf=render