July 17, 2019Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine173 citationsOpen Access

Echocardiographic quantitation of left heart size and function in 122 healthy dogs: A prospective study proposing reference intervals and assessing repeatability

LVLance C. VisserColorado State University MCMarisa M. CiccozziUniversity of Minnesota DSDaniel J. SintovUniversity of California, Davis

Structured PICO

What are the body size-independent reference intervals for echocardiographic measurements of left heart size and function in healthy dogs?

Population

122 healthy dogs

Intervention

Echocardiographic quantitation of left heart size and function

Outcome

Body size-independent reference intervals (RIs) for linear, area, and volume measurements of LA and LV size and functionsurrogate

This study provides body size-independent reference intervals for echocardiographic measurements of left heart size and function in healthy dogs for veterinary clinical use.

Abstract

Body size-independent RIs for several linear, area, and volume measurements of LA and LV size and function were generated prospectively from a large and diverse reference population and are available for clinical use.

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