Assessment of Left Ventricular Systolic Function by Strain Imaging Echocardiography in Various Stages of Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1375-1382

  Wess, G ^a   Sarkar, R ^a   Hartmann, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiology; Cats; Myocardial function; Tissue Doppler imaging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYSTOLE;

ANIMALS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

FELIDAE;

EID: 78349291470     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0586.x     Document Type: Article

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