High-resolution computed tomography bronchial lumen to pulmonary artery diameter ratio in anesthetized ventilated cats with normal lungs

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-37

  Reid, Lauren E ^a   Ray Dillon, A ^a   Hathcock, John T ^a   Brown, Lawrence A ^a   Tillson, Michael ^a   Wooldridge, Anne A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BA ratio; Bronchiectasis; Bronchoarterial ratio; Computed tomography; Feline bronchus; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CAT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; LUNG; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; ANIMALS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CATS; LUNG; PULMONARY ARTERY; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862620751     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2011.01870.x     Document Type: Article

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