M-mode echocardiographic ratio indices in normal dogs, cats, and horses: A novel quantitative method

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 653-662

  Brown, Donald J ^a,c   Rush, John E ^a   MacGregor, John ^a   Ross Jr , James N ^a   Brewer, Barbara ^a   Rand, William M ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Echocardiography; Heart

Indexed keywords

AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOG; HORSE; HYPERTROPHY; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE;

ANIMALS; CATS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HORSES; RECORDS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0141993043     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)017<0653:MERIIN>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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