Assessment of the prevalence of heart murmurs in overtly healthy cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 384-388

  Côté, Etienne ^a,b   Manning, Ann Marie ^a   Emerson, Dawn ^a   Laste, Nancy J ^a   Malakoff, Rebecca L ^a   Harpster, Neil K ^a  

^a Angell Memorial Animal Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MURMUR; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART MURMURS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 3342896513     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.384     Document Type: Article

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