MRI and PET in Mouse Models of Myocardial InfarctionGuido Buonincontri 1, Carmen Methner 2, T. Adrian Carpenter 1, Robert C. Hawkes 1, Stephen J. Sawiak 1,3, Thomas Krieg 2
1Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Unversity of Cambridge, 2Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, 3Behavioural and Clinical Neurosciences Institute, University of Cambridge
We describe how to perform MRI and PET imaging of the mouse heart. The protocol is tailored to assess treatment efficacy in models of myocardial infarction and heart failure.