Radiographic and echocardiographic measurement of the heart in obese cats

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 320-325

  Litster, Annette L ^a   Buchanan, James W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Feline echocardiography; Heart; Obesity; Radiographs; Thoracic radiography

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CARDIOMEGALY; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034219042     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2000.tb02080.x     Document Type: Article

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