Echocardiographic parameters and indices in 23 healthy Maltese dogs

Background Echocardiography is a primary tool used by veterinarians to evaluate heart diseases. In recent years, various studies have targeted standard echocardiographic values for different breeds. Reference data are currently lacking in Maltese dogs and it important fill this gap as breed predisposed myxomatous mitral valve disease, which volume overload disease. Objectives To establish the normal parameters dogs. Methods total, 23 healthy were involved study. Blood pressure measurements, thoracic radiography, complete transthoracic echocardiography performed. The effects of body weight, age sex evaluated, correlations between weight linear volumetric dimensions calculated regression analysis. Results mean vertebral size was 9.1 ± 0.4. Aside from ejection fraction, fractional shortening, left atrial aorta root ratio, all other significantly correlated with weight. Conclusion This study describes that may be useful evaluation