Interobserver variability of vertebral heart size measurements in dogs with normal and enlarged hearts

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-130

  Hansson, Kerstin ^a   Häggström, Jens ^a   Kvart, Clarence ^a   Lord, Peter ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dog; Interobserver; Mitral regurgitation; Thoracic radiology; Vertebral heart size

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; HEART SIZE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY; STUDENT; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMEGALY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PEDIGREE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 18244379595     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2005.00024.x     Document Type: Article

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