Effect of left vs. right recumbency on the vertebral heart score in normal dogs

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 454-455

  Greco, Adelaide ^a   Meomartino, Leonardo ^a   Raiano, Vera ^a   Fatone, Gerardo ^a   Brunetti, Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dog; Radiography; Trachea position; Vertebral heart size

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; DOG; FEMALE; HEART; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PEDIGREE; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; DOGS; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; PEDIGREE; POSTURE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRACHEA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 50849120762     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2008.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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