Utility of vertebral left atrial size and vertebral heart size to aid detection of congestive heart failure in dogs with respiratory signs.
Evan S RossLance C VisserNicholas SbardellatiBrianna M PotterAlex OhlendorfBrian A ScansenPublished in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2023)
When echocardiography is unavailable, VLAS and murmur grade have clinically utility to aid in differentiating cardiogenic from noncardiogenic respiratory signs. These findings might be especially useful to help rule out CHF in dogs with increased VHS that present with respiratory signs.
Keyphrases
- left atrial
- heart failure
- left ventricular
- atrial fibrillation
- mitral valve
- bone mineral density
- respiratory tract
- pulmonary hypertension
- catheter ablation
- magnetic resonance imaging
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- postmenopausal women
- magnetic resonance
- acute heart failure
- body composition
- loop mediated isothermal amplification
- real time pcr
- contrast enhanced
- quantum dots