This study demonstrates the successful establishment of magnetic resonance microscopy imaging as a non-invasive tool to assess the cardiac abnormalities in mice affected with autoimmune myocarditis. The data indicate that the technique can be used to monitor the disease-progression in live animals.
Massilamany, C., Khalilzad-Sharghi, V., Gangaplara, A., Steffen, D., Othman, S. F., Reddy, J. Noninvasive Assessment of Cardiac Abnormalities in Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis by Magnetic Resonance Microscopy Imaging in the Mouse. J. Vis. Exp. (88), e51654, doi:10.3791/51654 (2014).