Assessment of left atrial appendage flow velocity and its relation to spontaneous echocardiographic contrast in 89 cats with myocardial disease

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 120-130

  Schober, Karsten E ^a   Maerz, Imke ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arterial thromboembolism; Diastolic function; Echocardiography; Feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Left atrium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART DISEASE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; MALE;

FELIDAE;

EID: 32344452578     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2006)20[120:AOLAAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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