Code
01D34111
Duration
01 October 2011 → 30 September 2015
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary internal medicine and pathophysiology
- Veterinary medical imaging
- Veterinary physiology, pathophysiology and biochemistry
Keywords
murmur
valvular regurgitation
left ventricular function
cardiac failure
TDI
2D speckle tracking
valvular insufficiency
Project description
Cardiac valvular regurgitation is frequently found in sport horses, especially at the mitral and aortic valves. New tissue Doppler imaging, and biochemical blood examination for cardiac biomarkers will be used to quantify valvular regurgitation and to identify prognostic parameters.