Physiol. Genomics Add DOIs to your references at manuscript stage!
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH
 QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     


Physiol. Genomics (November 28, 2006). doi:10.1152/physiolgenomics.00305.2005
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
29/1/84    most recent
00305.2005v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Stoyanova, E.
Right arrow Articles by Cloutier, G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Stoyanova, E.
Right arrow Articles by Cloutier, G.
Submitted on December 12, 2005
Accepted on November 21, 2006

Characterization of circulatory disorders in {beta}-thalassemic mice by non-invasive ultrasound biomicroscopy

Ekatherina Stoyanova1, Marie Trudel2, Hady Felfly2, Damien Garcia3, and Guy Cloutier1*

1 Laboratory of Biorheology and Medical Ultrasonics, University of Montreal Hospital Research Center, Montreal, Canada
2 Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Development, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
3 Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Canada

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: guy.cloutier{at}umontreal.ca.

{beta}-thalassemia is an inherited hematological disease caused by a decrease or absence of production of {beta}-globin that requires chronic therapeutic interventions. This condition leads to important arterial and venous thromboembolic events, transitory ischemic attacks and microcirculatory obstructions, indicative of circulatory disturbances. To investigate the presence of microcirculatory disorders without the confounding effect of treatments, we used {beta}-thalassemic mice with typical clinical characteristics of human {beta}-thalassemia major. One impediment to the understanding of microcirculatory physiology, in particular for {beta}-thalassemic mice, has been the lack of an appropriate non-invasive imaging approach. We thus developed a novel non-invasive high-frequency ultrasound imaging method to evaluate murine vascular hemodynamic properties. In our {beta}-thalassemic mice, total peripheral vascular resistance was significantly increased (p < 0.01) compared to wildtype littermates, whereas mean blood pressure, heart rate and cardiac output were similar (p = non significant). Importantly, the vascular hemodynamics in {beta}-thalassemic mice was significantly affected according to the Pourcelot indices measured in the common carotid artery and abdominal aorta (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively). Hence, our {beta}-thalassemia characterization of vascular hemodynamics by non-invasive ultrasonic approaches proves the existence and provides unique quantitative assessment of microcirculatory flow disturbances in those mice.




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
Am. J. Roentgenol.Home page
K. B. Taori, R. S. Chaudhary, V. Attarde, S. Dhakate, V. Sheorain, P. Nimbalkar, and P. N. Wasnik
Renal Doppler Indices in Sickle Cell Disease: Early Radiologic Predictors of Renovascular Changes
Am. J. Roentgenol., July 1, 2008; 191(1): 239 - 242.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH
Visit Other APS Journals Online
Copyright © 2006 by the American Physiological Society.