Quantitative comparison of myocardial fiber structure between mice, rabbit, and sheep using diffusion tensor cardiovascular magnetic resonance

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Accurate interpretations of cardiac functions require precise structural models of the myocardium, but the latter is not available always and for all species. Although scaling or substitution of myocardial fiber information from alte...

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Main Authors: Healy Lindsey J, Jiang Yi, Hsu Edward W
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-11-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Online Access:http://www.jcmr-online.com/content/13/1/74