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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2017

Tail-Cuff Technique and Its Influence on Central Blood Pressure in the Mouse.

Elena Wilde, Aisah A Aubdool, Pratish Thakore, Lineu Baldissera, Khadija M Alawi, Julie Keeble, Manasi Nandi, Susan D Brain

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Elena WildeVascular Biology and Inflammation Section, BHF Cardiovascular Centre of Research Excellence, Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Aisah A AubdoolVascular Biology and Inflammation Section, BHF Cardiovascular Centre of Research Excellence, Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Pratish ThakorePharmaceutical Sciences Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Lineu BaldisseraVascular Biology and Inflammation Section, BHF Cardiovascular Centre of Research Excellence, Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Khadija M AlawiVascular Biology and Inflammation Section, BHF Cardiovascular Centre of Research Excellence, Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Julie KeeblePharmaceutical Sciences Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Manasi NandiPharmaceutical Sciences Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Susan D BrainVascular Biology and Inflammation Section, BHF Cardiovascular Centre of Research Excellence, Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom sue.brain@kcl.ac.uk.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundReliable measurement of blood pressure in conscious mice is essential in cardiovascular research. Telemetry, the "gold-standard" technique, is invasive and expensive and therefore tail-cuff, a noninvasive alternative, is widely used. However, tail-cuff requires handling and restraint during measurement, which may cause stress affecting blood pressure and undermining reliability of the results. METHODS AND

resultsC57Bl/6J mice were implanted with radio-telemetry probes to investigate the effects of the steps of the tail-cuff technique on central blood pressure, heart rate, and temperature. This included comparison of handling techniques, operator's sex, habituation, and influence of hypertension induced by angiotensin II. Direct comparison of measurements obtained by telemetry and tail-cuff were made in the same mouse. The results revealed significant increases in central blood pressure, heart rate, and core body temperature from baseline following handling interventions without significant difference among the different handling technique, habituation, or sex of the investigator. Restraint induced the largest and sustained increase in cardiovascular parameters and temperature. The tail-cuff readings significantly underestimated those from simultaneous telemetry recordings; however, "nonsimultaneous" telemetry, obtained in undisturbed mice, were similar to tail-cuff readings obtained in undisturbed mice on the same day.

conclusionsThis study reveals that the tail-cuff technique underestimates the core blood pressure changes that occur simultaneously during the restraint and measurement phases. However, the measurements between the 2 techniques are similar when tail-cuff readings are compared with telemetry readings in the nondisturbed mice. The differences between the simultaneous recordings by the 2 techniques should be recognized by researchers.

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Blood PressureTelemetryAngiotensin IIAnimalsBehavior, AnimalBlood Pressure DeterminationBody Temperature RegulationDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHabituation, PsychophysiologicHandling, PsychologicalHeart RateHumansHypertensionMaleMice, Inbred C57BLAngiotensin IIhigh blood pressurehypertensionmousenoninvasive blood pressure measurementstresstail‐cufftelemetry

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PMID28655735
PMCPMC5669161

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