Agreement betweeen echocardiographic techniques in assessment of the left ventricular myocardial performance index in rabbits

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 464-471

  Moura, Cláudia ^a   Fontes Sousa, Ana Patrícia ^a   Texeira Pinto, Armando ^b   Areias, José Carlos C ^a   Leite Moreira, Adelino F ^a  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PERFORMANCE; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; REFERENCE VALUE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 65349088520     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.70.4.464     Document Type: Article

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