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- Title
Echocardiographic measurements in clinically healthy ferrets anesthetized with isoflurane.
- Authors
Vastenburg, Maartje H. A. C.; Boroffka, Susanne A. E. B.; Schoemaker, Nico J.
- Abstract
Two-dimensional, M-mode, and color flow Doppler echocardiography was performed in 29 (18 females, 11 males) clinically healthy ferrets anesthetized with isoflurane. M-mode measurements of the left ventricle, left atrial appendage diameter (LAAD), and aorta (Ao) were obtained. The fractional shortening and LAAD/Ao ratio were calculated. The values of the M-mode measurements were compared between the male and female ferrets using a Student's t-test. No significant differences were found. The difference in body weight between the male and female ferrets was highly significant ( P<0.001), but no significant correlation was found between body weight and M-mode measurements. Color flow Doppler examinations of the mitral, tricuspid, aortic, and pulmonary valves were recorded and there was minor valvular regurgitation in five ferrets, which was considered nonsignificant.
- Subjects
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ISOFLURANE; AORTA; ANESTHESIA; FERRET
- Publication
Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound, 2004, Vol 45, Issue 3, p228
- ISSN
1058-8183
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1740-8261.2004.04040.x