The Cardiovascular Imaging Core Research Laboratory at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center provides the following services:
Cardiac (Human and animals)
- LV systolic and diastolic function
- LV mass, wall thicknesses, cavity size
- LA size
- Doppler gradients
- Structural abnormalities
- Embyronic mice cardiac function
Vascular (Human only)
- Pulse wave velocity
- Arterial augmentation index
- Carotid intimal-medial thickness
- Brachial artery reactivity
- Regional arterial compliance
Consultative expertise is available in cardiac anatomy and physiology through Thomas R. Kimball, MD, and vascular anatomy and physiology through Elaine A. Urbina, MD.
For more information about the Cardiovascular Imaging Core Research Laboratory at Cincinnati Children's, please contact Thomas R. Kimball, MD, (tkimball@cchmc.org) 513-636-8270 or Sandra A. Witt, RDCS, FASE, (sandy.witt@cchmc.org) 513-636-7409.
