Services

DSI telemetry systems for rodents (pressure and ECG)
Notocord software (physiologic recording and analysis software)
Rodent surgical equipment (microscopes, lights, ventilators, etc)
Transonic (Scisense) PV and pressure catheters associated hardware
Transonic flow probes
Treadmill (rats and mice)
Implantable injection ports, skinfold chamber frames
Vevo 3100 MicroUltrasound
- Access to other imaging methods, CT, MR, PET, BLI, Laser Doppler

Tumors
Urine void volumes
Other structures as needed
Echo guided injections
Electrocardiography service
- Implantable (DSI implant)
- Surface, under anesthesia
- Awake mice
- Arrhythmia induction
  - Pacing
  - Drug induced
Hind limb ischemia surgery
Myocardial infarction (MI) heart surgery
Ischemia/reperfusion surgery
Pulmonary artery constriction surgery
Aortic artery constriction surgery
Ovarectomies
Stroke model (middle cerebral artery occlusion)
Skin wound models
Skinfold chamber (window) models
Blood pressure
- Invasive AO, LV measurements
- Implantable chronic measurements (DSI implants)
Pressure-Volume Loops (invasive cardiac function measurements)
- Left and right ventricles

Laser doppler service for hindlimb ischemia
Doppler flow probe placement (Transonic)
Placement of intravenous (jugular) catheter for direct delivery of hormones and compounds directly in blood stream
Subcutaneous implantation of osmotic minipumps, pellets
Blood collection services
Treadmill services
- Exercise training
- Max testing
Special animal care maintenance service
- Animal care is offered to animals that have gone through procedures
Technician consultation service
- Other specialized services that are being used in cardiovascular research can be arranged depending on the need of the particular investigator
Protocol development service
- Provides advice in the study design and development of operational plans to implement protocols
Tissue service
- Service includes: tissues collection, tissue harvest/dissection, and tissue pre-processing. Facility does not process tissue samples; upon tissue collection, samples are passed to a Histology Core for further processing
Technical Training in microsurgery, hemodynamic measurements
- See Inside Scientific for more information

Echocardiography service
- Cardiac chamber dimensions
- Cardiac mass
- Systolic cardiac function
- Diastolic cardiac function
- Cardiac output
- Pressure gradients across valves, bands
- Vessel diameters, aneurysms, plaque etc.
- Other structures as needed
Electrocardiography service
- Implantable (endogear implant)
- Surface, under anesthesia
Myocardial infarction (MI) heart surgery (percutaneous)
Ischemia/reperfusion surgery
Pulmonary hypertension models
Blood pressure
- Invasive AO, LV measurements
- Implantable chronic measurements (endogear implants)
Pressure-volume loops (invasive cardiac function measurements)
- Left and right ventricles

Doppler flow probe placement (Transonic)
Placement of intravenous (jugular) catheter for direct delivery of hormones and compounds directly in blood stream
Blood collection services
Special animal care maintenance service
- Animal care is offered to animals that have undergone procedures
Technician consultation service
- Other specialized services that are being used in cardiovascular research can be arranged depending on the need of the particular investigator
Protocol development service
- Provides advice in the study design and development of operational plans to implement protocols
Tissue service
- Service includes: tissues collection, tissue harvest/dissection, and tissue pre-processing. Facility does not process tissue samples; upon tissue collection, samples are passed to the histology core for further processing
Technical training in percutaneous, catheterization methods, other surgeries, hemodynamic measurements