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ArticleArquivos brasileiros de cardiologia2017

Comparison between Radionuclide Ventriculography and Echocardiography for Quantification of Left Ventricular Systolic Function in Rats Exposed to Doxorubicin.

Luciano Fonseca Lemos de Oliveira, João Lucas O'Connell, Eduardo Elias Vieira de Carvalho, Érica Carolina Campos Pulici, Minna Moreira Dias Romano, Benedito Carlos Maciel, Marcus Vinicius Simões

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Article in Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luciano Fonseca Lemos de OliveiraCentro de Cardiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
João Lucas O'ConnellUniversidade Federal de Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
Eduardo Elias Vieira de CarvalhoCentro de Cardiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Érica Carolina Campos PuliciUniversidade Federal de Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
Minna Moreira Dias RomanoCentro de Cardiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Benedito Carlos MacielCentro de Cardiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Marcus Vinicius SimõesCentro de Cardiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Universidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Federal de Uberlândia · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRadionuclide ventriculography (RV) is a validated method to evaluate the left ventricular systolic function (LVSF) in small rodents. However, no prior study has compared the results of RV with those obtained by other imaging methods in this context.

objectivesTo compare the results of LVSF obtained by RV and echocardiography (ECHO) in an experimental model of cardiotoxicity due to doxorubicin (DXR) in rats.

methodsAdult male Wistar rats serving as controls (n = 7) or receiving DXR (n = 22) in accumulated doses of 8, 12, and 16 mg/kg were evaluated with ECHO performed with a Sonos 5500 Philips equipment (12-MHz transducer) and RV obtained with an Orbiter-Siemens gamma camera using a pinhole collimator with a 4-mm aperture. Histopathological quantification of myocardial fibrosis was performed after euthanasia.

resultsThe control animals showed comparable results in the LVSF analysis obtained with ECHO and RV (83.5 ± 5% and 82.8 ± 2.8%, respectively, p > 0.05). The animals that received DXR presented lower LVSF values when compared with controls (p < 0.05); however, the LVSF values obtained by RV (60.6 ± 12.5%) were lower than those obtained by ECHO (71.8 ± 10.1%, p = 0.0004) in this group. An analysis of the correlation between the LVSF and myocardial fibrosis showed a moderate correlation when the LVSF was assessed by ECHO (r = -0.69, p = 0.0002) and a stronger correlation when it was assessed by RV (r = -0.79, p < 0.0001). On multiple regression analysis, only RV correlated independently with myocardial fibrosis.

conclusionRV is an alternative method to assess the left ventricular function in small rodents in vivo. When compared with ECHO, RV showed a better correlation with the degree of myocardial injury in a model of DXR-induced cardiotoxicity.

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EchocardiographyRadionuclide VentriculographyVentricular Function, LeftAnimalsAntibiotics, AntineoplasticCardiotoxicityDisease Models, AnimalDoxorubicinFibrosisMaleRats, WistarReference ValuesReproducibility of ResultsStatistics, NonparametricVentricular Dysfunction, LeftAntibiotics, AntineoplasticDoxorubicin

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PMID28146205
PMCPMC5245843
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