Two-Dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic findings in healthy non-sedated red-eared slider terrapins (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 511-520

  Poser, H ^a   Russello, G ^a   Zanella, A ^a   Bellini, L ^a   Gelli, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart; Reptile; Terrapin; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BODY REGIONS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CERVICAL BRACHIAL FOSSA; DIASTOLIC BIPHASIC ATRIOVENTRICULAR FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EARLY DIASTOLIC WAVE PEAK VELOCITY; EARLY DIASTOLIC WAVE PEAK VELOCITY LATE DIASTOLIC WAVE PEAK VELOCITY RATIO; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION TIME; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; IMAGE QUALITY; LATE DIASTOLIC WAVE PEAK VELOCITY; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SYSTOLIC VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VELOCITY TIME INTEGRAL; VENTRICULAR ACCELERATION TIME; VENTRICULAR DECELERATION TIME; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW SYSTOLIC MEAN VELOCITY; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW SYSTOLIC PEAK VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART; TURTLES;

EMYDIDAE; REPTILIA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 83655201406     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: 15737446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-011-9495-5     Document Type: Article

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