Echocardiographic measurements of cardiac dimensions in normal Standardbred racehorses

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-51

  Zucca, Enrica ^a   Ferrucci, Francesco ^a   Croci, Chiara ^a   Di Fabio, Viviana ^a   Zaninelli, Mauro ^b   Ferro, Elisabetta ^a  

^a Diagnostic Laboratory   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac dimensions; Echocardiography; Standardbred racehorses

Indexed keywords

AORTA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HEART SIZE; HORSE; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; TRAINING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WORKING ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HORSES; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

ANIMALIA; CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 45449086446     PISSN: 17602734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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