Echocardiographic indices in normal German shepherd dogs

Journal of Veterinary Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 193-198

  Muzzi, Ruthnéa Aparecida Lázaro ^a   Muzzi, Leonardo Augusto Lopes ^a   De Araújo, Roberto Baracat ^b   Cherem, Marcos ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Ecomed   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Doppler echocardiography; Echocardiography; M mode; Two dimensional mode

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33744724899     PISSN: 1229845X     EISSN: 1229845X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2006.7.2.193     Document Type: Article

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