Retrospective study of 942 small-sized dogs: Prevalence of left apical systolic heart murmur and left-sided heart failure, critical effects of breed and sex

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-18

  Serfass, Pierre ^a   Chetboul, Valérie ^a   Sampedrano, Carolina Carlos ^a   Nicolle, Audrey ^a   Benalloul, Thierry ^b   Laforge, Hervé ^b   Gau, Christophe ^c   Hébert, Carole ^c   Pouchelon, Jean Louis ^a   Tissier, Renaud ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^b Veterinary Clinic   (France)

^c Veterinary Clinic   (France)

Author keywords

Breed; Canine; Left apical systolic murmur; Mitral valvular disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREED; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33744898807     PISSN: 17602734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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