This study describes a comprehensive cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) protocol to quantify the left ventricular functional parameters of the mouse heart. The protocol describes the acquisition, post-processing, and analysis of the CMR images as well as assessment of different cardiac functional parameters.
Daal, M. R. R., Strijkers, G. J., Calcagno, C., Garipov, R. R., Wüst, R. C. I., Hautemann, D., Coolen, B. F. Quantification of Mouse Heart Left Ventricular Function, Myocardial Strain, and Hemodynamic Forces by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J. Vis. Exp. (171), e62595, doi:10.3791/62595 (2021).