Why the study?
Is strain and strain rate imaging a repeatable and reproducible method for assessing systolic myocardial function in healthy dogs?
Population
36 healthy dogs (6 Beagle dogs in Study 1, 30 dogs of several breeds in Study 2)
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Supports strain imaging repeatability in healthy dogs; leaves open validation for clinical myocardial disease screening.
Is strain and strain rate imaging a repeatable and reproducible method for assessing systolic myocardial function in healthy dogs?
Strain and strain rate imaging is a repeatable and reproducible method for assessing systolic myocardial function in dogs, potentially useful for screening canine myocardial diseases.
Chetboul et al. (2006) studied this question.
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