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Cardiac Stress Test Induced by Dobutamine and Monitored by Cardiac Catheterization in Mice
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Cardiac Stress Test Induced by Dobutamine and Monitored by Cardiac Catheterization in Mice
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15:45 min

February 10, 2013

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Chapters

  • 00:02Title
  • 02:15Introduction
  • 02:57Preparing dobutamine infusion
  • 04:09Preparing pressure sensor
  • 05:22Preparing mouse for catheterization
  • 06:35Cardiac catheterization
  • 11:50Infusion of dobutamine
  • 12:48Data analysis
  • 13:31Representative results
  • 14:55Conclusion

Summary

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We describe the protocol to perform a cardiac stress test induced by dobutamine and monitored by cardiac catheterization in normal mice. Also we show its application to unmask subclinical cardiac disease in high fat diet-induced obese mice.

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