Radionuclide cardiac imaging allows for noninvasive assessment of cardiac function and regional blood flow.
The measurement of cardiac output is a key element in the assessment of cardiac function.
Cardiac death occurs after irreversible cessation of cardiac function.
This council report recommends that ΔLVEF ≥ 5% should be the improvement of cardiac function.
Kuruvilla, L. & Kartha, C. C. Molecular mechanisms in endothelial regulation of cardiac function.
Arrenberg, A. B., Stainier, D. Y., Baier, H. & Huisken, J. Optogenetic control of cardiac function.
Second, "irreversible cessation" of cardiac function meant that at least five minutes had to pass without a heartbeat.
Oka, T., Akazawa, H., Naito, A. T. & Komuro, I. Angiogenesis and cardiac hypertrophy: maintenance of cardiac function and causative roles in heart failure.
These images provide movies of cardiac function with new levels of endocardial detail.
In contrast, diabetic mice treated with MK-0626 exhibited modest cardiac hypertrophy, impairment of cardiac function, and dysregulated expression of genes and proteins controlling inflammation and cardiac fibrosis.
