Contents:
1.
General Principles of
Animal Selection and Normal Physiological Values 2.
Preanesthesia, Anesthesia,
Chemical Restraint, and the Recognition and Treatment of Pain and Distress 3.
Normal Cardiac Function
Parameters 4.
Measuring Cardiac Function 5.
Measuring Vascular Function
and Ventricular/Arterial Coupling Dynamics 6.
Isolated Heart
Preparations, Problems, and Pitfalls 7.
Cardiovascular Effects of
Anesthetics, Sedatives, Postoperative Analgesic Agents, and Other
Pharmaceuticals 8.
Naturally Occurring and
Iatrogenic Animal Models of Valvular, Infectious, and Arrhythmic Cardiovascular
Disease 9.
Iatrogenic Models of
Ischemic Heart Disease 10. Iatrogenic, Transgenic, and Naturally Occurring Models of
Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure 11. Iatrogenic, Congenic, and Transgenic Models of Hypertension 12. Naturally Occurring, Iatrogenic and Transgenic Models of
Atherosclerotic Disease 13. Animal Models for the Study of Neurohumeral and Central Neural Control
of the Cardiovascular System 14. Other Transgenic Animal Models Used in
Cardiovascular Studies |
