Echocardiographic evaluation of changes in left ventricular size and valvular regurgitation associated with physical training during and after maturity in Standardbred trotters

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-212

  Buhl, Rikke ^a   Ersbøll, Annette Kjær ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84855508849     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.240.2.205     Document Type: Article

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