Cardiovascular disease in women remains under-diagnosed and under-treated. Recent
studies suggest that this is caused, at least in part, by the lack of sex-specific diagnostic …

The term molecular imaging can be broadly defined as the in vivo characterization and
measurement of biologic processes at the cellular and molecular level. In contradistinction to …

The failing human heart expresses tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α). However, its
pathophysiological significance is not clear. We previously reported that robust …

Murine models have been utilized with increasing frequency mainly due to availability of
genetically engineered models. With advancement in high spatial and temporal resolution …

Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is a multi‐systemic disease that impacts cardiac and skeletal
muscle as well as the central nervous system (CNS). DM is unusual because it is an RNA …

Cell cycle withdrawal limits proliferation of adult mammalian cardiomyocytes. Therefore, the
concept of stimulating myocyte mitotic divisions has dramatic implications for cardiomyocyte …

Cardiopulmonary imaging in rodents using micro‐computed tomography (CT) is a
challenging task due to both cardiac and pulmonary motion and the limited fluence rate …

Cardiovascular transgenic mouse models with an early phenotype or even premature death
require noninvasive imaging methods that allow for accurate visualization of cardiac …

The current status and challenges of small animal noninvasive imaging are briefly reviewed.
The advantages of noninvasive studies on living animals versus postmortem studies are …

The aim of this study was to assess the capability of MRI to characterize systolic and
diastolic function in normal and chronically failing mouse hearts in vivo at rest and during …