Echocardiographic changes induced by moderate to marked hypobaric hypoxia in dogs

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-237

  Glaus, Tony M ^a   Tomsa, Kamil ^a   Hässig, Michael ^a   Reusch, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Dogs; Echocardiography; High altitude; Hypobaric hypoxia; Pulmonary hypertension; Systolic function

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DOG DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTOLE; ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOXIA; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DOG; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HEART VENTRICLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 3042804051     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2004.04041.x     Document Type: Article

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