Atrial fibrillation in cats: 50 Cases (1979-2002)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 256-260

  Côté, Etienne ^a,f   Harpster, Neil K ^a   Laste, Nancy J ^a   MacDonald, Kristin A ^b   Kittleson, Mark D ^b   Bond, Betsy R ^c   Barrett, Kirstie A ^d   Ettinger, Stephen J ^d   Atkins, Clarke E ^e  

^a Angell Memorial Animal Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d California Animal Hospital   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; AORTA THROMBOSIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; LETHARGY; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; P WAVE; PLEURA EFFUSION; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 3142664602     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.256     Document Type: Review

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