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Project

Use of Tissue Doppler Imaging (TDI) and 2D Speckle Tracking (ST) to evaluate left ventricular function in horses
Code
3F004508
Duration
01 October 2008 → 30 September 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Veterinary internal medicine and pathophysiology
    • Veterinary medical imaging
    • Veterinary physiology, pathophysiology and biochemistry
Keywords
stress test Tissue Doppler Imaging systolic function dobutamine cardiac Speckle Tracking left ventricular function ultrasound echocardiography detomidine horses
 
Project description
 

Uding TDI and ST, left ventricular function in healthy horses is quantified and the accuracy of the measurements analyzed. Subsequently, the effect of a pharmacological stimulation or depression of ventricular function, a ventricular premature beat and the presence of mitral regurgitation on the TDI and ST parameters is studied.