Methods and reliability of tissue doppler imaging for assessment of left ventricular radial wall motion in horses

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 643-652

  Schwarzwald, C C ^a,b   Schober, K E ^b   Bonagura, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial function; Echocardiography; Index of myocardial performance (Tei index); Systolic time intervals; Ventricular function; Wall motion velocity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HORSES; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 67449086622     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0287.x     Document Type: Article

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