In vivo alterations in cardiac metabolism and function in the spontaneously hypertensive rat heart.
AIMS: The aim of this work was to use hyperpolarized carbon-13 ((13)C) magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy and cine MR imaging (MRI) to assess in vivo cardiac metabolism and function in the 15-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) heart. At this time point, the SHR displays hypertension and...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2012
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