Prognostic indicators for dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-110

  Borgarelli, Michele ^a   Santilli, Roberto A ^b   Chiavegato, David ^c   D'Agnolo, Gino ^d   Zanatta, Renato ^a   Mannelli, Alessandro ^e   Tarducci, Alberto ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

^b Clinica Veterinaria Malpensa   (Italy)

^c Clinica Veterinaria S Marco   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

^e Dipto Prod Anim Epidemiol/Ecol   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canine; Doppler echocardiography; Echocardiography; Heart

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 32344451870     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[104:PIFDWD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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