PMID: 11316528Apr 24, 2001Paper

Measurement of cardiac function in conscious rats

Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
M F DoursoutJ E Chelly

Abstract

The goal of this study was to establish that 1. blood velocity profile in the rat aorta is parabolic, and 2. measure of left ventricular thickening fraction can be used in rats. Spontaneously hypertensive and normotensive Wistar Kyoto rats were instrumented with a 20-MHz pulsed Doppler flow probe around the thoracic aorta and a 20-MHz pulsed Doppler thickening probe on the left ventricle. Doppler frequency shifts were measured throughout the entire aorta diameter, and individual blood velocity profiles were constructed. It was demonstrated that blood velocity in the ascending aorta of rats is laminar; therefore, cardiac output can be measured using the pulsed Doppler method. In Wistar Kyoto rats, left ventricular thickening fraction was 24 +/- 1% and 25 +/- 1%, 2 and 3 weeks following surgery. In spontaneously hypertensive rats, left ventricular thickening fraction was 22 +/- 2%. Halothane depressed left ventricular thickening fraction, whereas isoproterenol increased left ventricular thickening fraction in conscious rats. Thus, pulsed Doppler technique is a valuable tool for evaluating cardiovascular function in conscious rats.

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