Why the study?
Does pulsed tissue Doppler imaging accurately estimate left ventricular function and detect decompensated heart failure in dogs with spontaneous mitral regurgitation?
Population
Healthy dogs and dogs with spontaneous mitral regurgitation (MR)
Comparison
Pulsed tissue Doppler imaging (pulsed TDI) vs Cardiac catheterization; dogs without cardiac…
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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May support E/E' for detecting decompensated HF in dogs with MR; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Does pulsed tissue Doppler imaging accurately estimate left ventricular function and detect decompensated heart failure in dogs with spontaneous mitral regurgitation?
Pulsed tissue Doppler imaging is a useful non-invasive tool for estimating cardiac function and detecting decompensation in dogs with mitral regurgitation.
TESHIMA et al. (2005) studied this question.
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