Standardized echocardiographic assessment of cardiac function in normal adult zebrafish and heart disease models

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is an increasingly popular model organism in cardiovascular research. Major insights into cardiac developmental processes have been gained by studies of embryonic zebrafish. However, the utility of zebrafish for modeling adult-onset heart disease has been limited by a lac...

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Main Authors: Louis W. Wang, Inken G. Huttner, Celine F. Santiago, Scott H. Kesteven, Ze-Yan Yu, Michael P. Feneley, Diane Fatkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2017-01-01
Series:Disease Models & Mechanisms
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Online Access:http://dmm.biologists.org/content/10/1/63