Peak Mean Myocardial Velocities and Velocity Gradients Measured by Color M-Mode Tissue Doppler Imaging in Healthy Cats

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 510-524

  Koffas, H ^a   Dukes McEwan, J ^a,b   Corcoran, B M ^a   Moran, C M ^a   French, A ^a   Sboros, V ^a   Anderson, T ^a   Smith, P ^a   Simpson, K ^a   McDicken, W N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age effects on myocardium; Cardiac; Doppler tissue imaging; Echocardiography; Heart; Myocardial velocity gradients

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTOLE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MICE MINUTE VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; STROKE VOLUME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0041883779     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)017<0510:PMMVAV>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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