Effects of inter- and intra-observer variability on echocardiographic measurements in awake cats

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 326-331

  Chetboul, V ^a,b   Concordet, D ^b   Pouchelon, J L ^a,b   Athanassiadis, N ^b   Muller, C ^a,b   Benigni, L ^a,b   Munari, A C ^a,b   Lefebvre, H P ^b  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; CATS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0142010052     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2003.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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