Doppler echocardiography in the dog: Measurement variability and reproducibility

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 144-152

  Dukes McEwan, Joanna ^a   French, Anne T ^a   Corcoran, Brendan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boxer dogs; Doppler; Echocardiography; Repeatability; Screening for heart disease

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036513432     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2002.tb01662.x     Document Type: Article

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