Methods and reliability of echocardiographic assessment of left atrial size and mechanical function in horses

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 735-747

  Schwarzwald, Colin C ^a,b   Schober, Karsten E ^a   Bonagura, John D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SIZE; HORSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION, LEFT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HORSES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 34547484335     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.68.7.735     Document Type: Article

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