Use of signal analysis of heart sounds and murmurs to assess severity of mitral valve regurgitation attributable to myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 604-613

  Ljungvall, Ingrid ^a   Ahlstrom, Christer ^b,c   Höglund, Katja ^a   Hult, Peter ^b,c   Kvart, Clarence ^a   Borgarelli, Michele ^d   Ask, Per ^b,c   Häggström, Jens ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART MURMUR; HEART MYXOMA; HEART SOUND; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; PHONOCARDIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION; SYSTOLE;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART MURMURS; HEART SOUNDS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 65749096835     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.70.5.604     Document Type: Article

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