Author:
Dejea Hector,Schlepütz Christian M.,Méndez-Carmona Natalia,Arnold Maria,Garcia-Canadilla Patricia,Longnus Sarah L.,Stampanoni Marco,Bijnens Bart,Bonnin Anne
Abstract
IntroductionCardiac architecture has been extensively investigated ex vivo using a broad spectrum of imaging techniques. Nevertheless, the heart is a dynamic system and the structural mechanisms governing the cardiac cycle can only be unveiled when investigating it as such.MethodsThis work presents the customization of an isolated, perfused heart system compatible with synchrotron-based X-ray phase contrast imaging (X-PCI).ResultsThanks to the capabilities of the developed setup, it was possible to visualize a beating isolated, perfused rat heart for the very first time in 4D at an unprecedented 2.75 μm pixel size (10.6 μm spatial resolution), and 1 ms temporal resolution.DiscussionThe customized setup allows high-spatial resolution studies of heart architecture along the cardiac cycle and has thus the potential to serve as a tool for the characterization of the structural dynamics of the heart, including the effects of drugs and other substances able to modify the cardiac cycle.
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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