The hypotheses of this prospective study were that (1) left atrial appendage (LAA) blood flow
velocities can be recorded in cats with myocardial disease by transthoracic Doppler …

OBJECTIVES: The use of transthoracic Doppler echocardiography (TTDE) to evaluate the
patterns and technique of measuring of left atrial appendage (LAA) flow velocities in normal …

The left atrium (LA) of the heart is a validated marker of clinical and subclinical
cardiovascular disease. Since the LA is a three-dimensional structure, volume-based …

Background: Left atrial (LA) enlargement (LAE) is a morphologic expression of the severity
and chronicity of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction, volume overload, and increased …

Atrial size determined by echocardiography provides a surrogate measure of the
hemodynamic burden of cardiac disease. Linear atrial dimensions often are indexed to …

The aims of this study were to evaluate left atrial size in cats with acute left‐sided congestive
heart failure. We hypothesized that left atrial size as determined by thoracic radiography can …

Objectives To compare a linear and three volume-based two-dimensional
echocardiographic methods for measuring LA size: left atrium to aorta ratio (LA/Ao ratio) …

Introduction Left atrial-to-aortic ratios (LA: Ao) provide a body weight independent estimate
of left atrial size. However, reference intervals were established with small sample …

Background Congestive heart failure (CHF) in cats with left‐sided heart disease is
sometimes manifest as pleural effusion, in other cases as pulmonary edema. Hypothesis …

Two‐dimensional (2D) echocardiography is the cornerstone of noninvasive evaluation of the
cardiac patient, and often involves estimating left atrial (LA) size. However, 2D …