Revealing Subtle Changes in Cardiac Function using Transthoracic Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in MiceStephan Settelmeier 1, Tienush Rassaf 1, Ulrike B. Hendgen-Cotta 1
1Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University Duisburg-Essen, Medical Faculty
Left ventricular dysfunction constitutes the final common pathway for a host of cardiac disorders. We here provide a detailed protocol of transthoracic dobutamine stress echocardiography approach for comprehensive evaluation of the left ventricular function of mouse models of cardiac disease as well as cardiac phenotyping.
