Proposed Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Canine Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 7-19

  Dukes McEwan, Joanna ^a   Borgarelli, Michele ^b   Tidholm, Anna ^c   Vollmar, Andrea C ^d   Häggström, Jens ^e  

^a Institute of Comparative Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

^c Albano Animal Hospital   (Sweden)

^d Small Animal Vet Clinic   (Germany)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dilated Cardiomyopathy; Dog; Echocardiography; Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy; Histopathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BREED; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DOG DISEASE; ECG ABNORMALITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; LABORATORY TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTOLE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 5644246164     PISSN: 17602734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1760-2734(06)70047-9     Document Type: Article

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