Echocardiographic ratio indices in overtly healthy boxer dogs screened for heart disease

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 924-930

  Cunningham, S M ^a   Rush, John E ^a   Freeman, L M ^a   Brown, D J ^a   Smith, C E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Cardiology; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; MALE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; MALE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ERIS;

EID: 47849107923     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2008.0121.x     Document Type: Article

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