Höglund, Katja
- Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2013Peer reviewedOpen access
Left Atrial Ejection Fraction Assessed by Real-Time 3-Dimensional Echocardiography in Normal Dogs and Dogs with Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease
Tidholm, Anna; Höglund, Katja; Häggström, Jens; Bodegård Westling, Anna; Bersås Ljungvall, Ingrid
Abstract
Conclusion and clinical importance: The wide variation of LAEF and the fact that LAEF does not appear to be an independent marker of disease severity suggest that the clinical importance of determining LAEF in dogs with MMVD might be limited.
Keywords
Chronic valvular disease; Left atrial end-systolic and end-diastolic volumes; Real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography
Published in
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
2013, Volume: 27, number: 4, pages: 884-889
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
Häggström, Jens
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ljungvall, Ingrid
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.12113
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/51696