Aldosterone plasma concentration in horses with heart valve insufficiencies

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 340-344

  Gehlen, Heidrun ^a   Sundermann, Till ^a   Rohn, Karl ^a   Stadler, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heart valve insufficiency; Horse; Plasma aldosterone concentration

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE;

ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART SIZE; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ALDOSTERONE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 45049084050     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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