Diagnostic accuracy of electrocardiography and thoracic radiography in the assessment of left atrial size in cats: Comparison with transthoracic 2-dimensional echocardiography

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 709-718

  Schober, Karsten E ^a   Maerz, Imke ^a   Ludewig, Eberhard ^a   Stern, Joshua A ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Left atrium; P wave; Vertebral heart size

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOLOGY; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34547779515     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2007)21[709:DAOEAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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