Why the study?
Do echocardiographic indices of myocardial strain correlate with invasive measurements of left ventricular systolic function in anesthetized healthy dogs?
Population
7 healthy dogs, anesthetized
Comparison
2-D speckle-tracking echocardiography vs Invasive measurements of left ventricular…
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Strain indices correlate with invasive LV function in healthy dogs; leaves open translation to clinical or diseased states.
Do echocardiographic indices of myocardial strain correlate with invasive measurements of left ventricular systolic function in anesthetized healthy dogs?
2-D speckle-tracking echocardiographic indices of myocardial strain and strain rate can accurately predict invasive left ventricular systolic function in anesthetized healthy dogs.
Culwell et al. (2011) studied this question.
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