Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 870-879 , June 2007

Morphological and Functional Evaluation of Murine Heterotopic Cardiac Grafts Using Ultrasound Biomicroscopy

  • Yu-Qing Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Mouse Imaging Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Yu-Qing Zhou, PhD, Mouse Imaging Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8.
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  • Rami Bishay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection, Immunity, Injury and Repair, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Akiva Feintuch

      Affiliations

    • Mouse Imaging Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Kesheng Tao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection, Immunity, Injury and Repair, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • L. J. West and K. Tao are now at the Department of Pediatrics and Surgery, Heart Transplantation Research, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 1-130A, Dentistry-Pharmacy Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2N8.
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  • Fraser Golding

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Wei Zhu

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Research Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Lori J. West

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infection, Immunity, Injury and Repair, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • L. J. West and K. Tao are now at the Department of Pediatrics and Surgery, Heart Transplantation Research, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, 1-130A, Dentistry-Pharmacy Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2N8.
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  • R. Mark Henkelman

      Affiliations

    • Mouse Imaging Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 12 June 2006 ,Revised 21 October 2006 ,Accepted 26 October 2006.

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PII: S0301-5629(06)01969-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.10.016

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 870-879 , June 2007

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