Screening for aortic stenosis in the Boxer: Auscultatory, ECG, blood pressure and Doppler echocardiographic findings

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-86

  Linde, Annika ^a   Koch, Jørgen ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Canine; Congenital heart disease

Indexed keywords

AORTA FLOW; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BREED; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART MURMUR; HOLTER MONITORING; INCIDENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33750953253     PISSN: 17602734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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