Objective—To evaluate left atrial phasic function in healthy dogs by means of 2-D speckle
tracking echocardiography with time-left atrial area curve analysis and to assess …

Physical activity can influence the cardiovascular system of dogs. This study aims to
investigate the effect of prolonged training on ECG and on left (LV) and right ventricular (RV) …

Simple Summary Standard echocardiography is an essential diagnostic tool for the
assessment of cardiac performance in healthy and diseased animals. Two-dimensional …

Two dimensional speckle tracking (2D-ST) is a relatively new tool that has been used in
veterinary medicine to quantify myocardial function. However, there is little information about …

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of dobutamine, esmolol, milrinone, and phenylephrine
on left atrial phasic function of healthy dogs. ANIMALS 9 healthy Beagles. PROCEDURES …

Introduction Feasibility, intra-and inter-observer variability of measuring left atrial (LA)
longitudinal strain and strain rate (SR) variables using speckle tracking echocardiography …

Although echocardiography is commonly used to analyze cardiac function in small animal
models of cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction, the different echocardiographic …

OBJECTIVE To determine manubrium heart scores (MHSs) from measurements of cardiac
short-axis length (cSAL) and long-axis length (cLAL) relative to the corresponding …

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a life-threatening condition in cats with cardiomyopathy.
We hypothesized that myocardial dysfunction may induce progression to CHF …

Simple Summary Echocardiography is the gold-standard method for the assessment of
cardiac chamber enlargement. However, precordial leads can play a complementary role in …