Greyhounds have larger normal cardiac echocardiographic values, particularly left ventricular posterior wall thickness, compared to other dog breeds.
May warrant Greyhound-specific echocardiographic norms in practice; leaves open validation in clinical canine populations.
Serial B- and M-mode echocardiography was performed on Greyhounds to determine normal cardiac values for this breed. These were generally of greater magnitude than predicted from previous echocardiographic research on other breeds and cross-breeds. In particular, left ventricular posterior wall thickness, measured at both systole and diastole, was consistently greater.
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