Quantitative analysis of stress echocardiograms in healthy horses with 2-dimensional (2D) echocardiography, anatomical m-mode, tissue doppler imaging, and 2D speckle tracking

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 918-931

  Schefer, K D ^a   Bitschnau, C ^a   Weishaupt, M A ^a   Schwarzwald, C C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Performance evaluation; Treadmill stress testing

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, STRESS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HORSES; MALE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 77956640848     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0542.x     Document Type: Article

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