Assessment of the repeatability of feline echocardiography using conventional echocardiography and spectral pulse-wave doppler tissue imaging techniques

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-68

  Simpson, Kerry E ^a,b   Craig Devine, B ^a   Gunn Moore, Danièlle A ^a   French, Anne T ^a   Dukes McEwan, Joanna ^a,c   Koffas, Haralambos ^a,d   Moran, Carmel M ^a   Corcoran, Brendan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler tissue imaging; Echocardiography; Feline; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATS; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

FELIDAE;

EID: 33845782360     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2007.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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