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Graded Maximal Exercise Testing to Assess Mouse Cardio-Metabolic Phenotypes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Petrosino Jennifer M, Heiss Valerie J, Maurya Santosh K, Kalyanasundaram Anuradha, Periasamy Muthu, LaFountain Richard A, Wilson Jacob M, Simonetti Orlando P, Ziouzenkova Ouliana
Abstract excerpt
Functional assessments of cardiovascular fitness (CVF) are needed to establish animal models of dysfunction, test the effects of novel therapeutics, and establish the cardio-metabolic phenotype of mice. In humans, the graded maximal exercise test (GXT) is a standardized diagnostic for assessing CVF and mortality risk. These tests, which consist of concurrent staged increases in running speed and inclination,...
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