Reference range values of regional left ventricular myocardial velocities and time intervals assessed by tissue Doppler imaging in young nonsedated Maine Coon cats

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1936-1942

  Chetboul, Valerie ^a,b   Carlos Sampedrano, Carolina ^a   Tissier, Renaud ^a,b   Gouni, Vassiliki ^a   Nicolle, Audrey P ^a   Pouchelon, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CAT DISEASE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RELAXATION TIME; SEDATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CATS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 30744454251     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1936     Document Type: Article

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