Body size significantly correlated with aortic, left atrial, left ventricular, septal, and posterior wall dimensions, and mitral valve amplitude of motion in young healthy dogs.
Cross-Sectional (n=20)
This study establishes normal M-mode echocardiographic values for young healthy dogs and identifies which parameters correlate with body surface area.
Twenty young healthy dogs weighing from 9.8 to 28.6 kg were studied by M‐mode echocardiography. Parameters were measured and statistically evaluated to determine whether a correlation to body surface area existed. A statistically significant correlation to body size was found for the aortic, left atrial, left ventricular, septal, and posterior wall dimensions and the mitral valve amplitude of motion. In addition, normal values not correlated to body surface area are presented with their means and standard deviations. These values include velocity of circumferential fiber shortening, ejection time, percent systolic thickening of septum and posterior wall, percent change in minor diameter, selected dimension ratios, and mitral valve velocities
Boon et al. (Thu,) conducted a cross-sectional in Healthy dogs (n=20). Body surface area was evaluated on Correlation of echocardiographic parameters to body surface area. Body size significantly correlated with aortic, left atrial, left ventricular, septal, and posterior wall dimensions, and mitral valve amplitude of motion in young healthy dogs.
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