Clinical and echocardiographic features of mild mitral valve regurgitation in 108 horses

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 166-171

  Imhasly, Alexandra ^a   Tschudi, Peter R ^a   Lombard, Christoph W ^b   Gerber, Vincent ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Cardiology ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Echocardiography; Horses; Mild mitral valve regurgitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HORSE DISEASE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 74649084894     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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