Prior to this event, InsideScientific hosted two webinars focused on noninvasive Doppler blood flow velocity measurement as a means to study cardiac and vascular function in rodents. During these sessions, presenters discussed how Doppler flow velocity can be used to reliably assess systolic and diastolic cardiac function, myocardial perfusion and coronary reserve, pressure overload, aortic stiffness and peripheral perfusion without the need for complex surgery or imaging. Data was also presented highlighting how this measurement can be used to quantify cardiac contractility as a surrogate to +dP/dtmax.
During this third installment Dr. Anilkumar Reddy of the Baylor College of Medicine returns as a guest presenter along with Ms. Tonya Coulthard, Product Manager at Indus Instruments, to answer questions about how to apply this technology in the lab. The webinar presented an opportunity to review and delve deeper into previous topics regarding technical and operational features of the technology, how and where to make measurements in order to obtain specific flow signals depending on your research objectives, and to discuss acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data.
- Systolic and diastolic cardiac function
- Myocardial perfusion & coronary reserve
- Pressure overload
- Aortic stiffness
- Peripheral perfusion
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