General Information:
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Echo Services & Data Output:
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Non-invasive transthoracic cardiac ultrasound exam performed under light general anesthesia (unless status of animal precludes anesthesia). Both an Acuson Sequoia and Visual Sonics cardiac echocardiography machine with a 15MHz linear transducer are used to characterize the structure and function of the heart and great vessels.
Single Screening Echocardiogram:
Non-invasive single transthoracic cardiac ultrasound exam performed under light general anesthesia that includes two-dimensional and M-mode images of the left ventricle.
Data provided at study end: Spreadsheet with various echo parameters and representative images
Serial Screening Echocardiograms:
Echocardiograms that must occur on specific days, and must be repeated on the same mouse at a specific later date. Includes all the analysis of a screening echocardiogram at each echo date.
Data provided at study end: Spreadsheet with various echo parameters and representative images
Post-Surgical (after TAC, AAB, or NAB)/Tissue Doppler/Diastolic Function Echocardiograms:
Full echocardiograms to document the outcome of a specific surgery other than myocardial infarction (such as TAC or NAB). This echo may include two-dimensional and M-mode images and analysis of the left ventricle, or Doppler recordings of trans-valvular flow indices (gradients), or analysis of diastolic function.
Data provided at study end: Spreadsheet with various echo parameters and representative images. Data on spreadsheet will include gradient measurements at the site of constriction.
Post-Infarction Echocardiograms:
Echo which requires more than M-mode and two-dimensional images because of the presence of regional wall motion abnormalities (ex. Infarction studies). These echoes are performed on the Visual Sonics Echo machine.
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Vascular Echocardiogram using Visual Sonics Echo Machine:
Echo to delineate structural and functional abnormalities of the aorta or other vessels. Includes an analysis of these parameters and data reporting. – ONLY DONE in collaborations with Attila Kovacs.
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Customized Echocardiography using the Visual Sonics Echocardiography Machine:
Includes studies that the echocardiographer and PI have discussed in detail and that are not offered on a routine basis. Analysis and data reporting will be included.
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Emergency Echocardiograms:
Previously unscheduled echoes that are necessary to do immediately because mouse is in newly discovered end-stage heart failure and may expire, or other emergent condition.
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Alternate Species Echocardiograms:
Echocardiograms of any species other than mice.
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Staff:
Michael Courtois
Education:
B.S., Chemistry, Southeast MO State University, Cape Girardeau, MO
B.S., Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
M.A., Experimental Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia
Title:
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Attila Kovacs, M.D.
Education:
M.D., Semmelweis University School of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
Title:
Associate Professor of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
