Recommendations for Standards in Transthoracic Two‐Dimensional Echocardiography in the Dog and Cat

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine - Tập 7 Số 4 - Trang 247-252 - 1993
William P. Thomas1,2, Cathy E. Gaber3, G Jacobs4, Paul M. Kaplan4, Christophe W. Lombard5, Med Vet2, N. Sydney Moïse6, Bradley L. Moses7
1DVM, Dept. of VM:Medi-cine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616.
2Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
3Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University
4Department of Small Animal Medicine, University of Georgia, 8C Old Colony Drive, Westford, MA
5Klinik Für Kleine Haustiere, Tierspital der Universitat Bern, Switzerland
6Department of Clinical Sciences, Cornell University, Hanover, MA
7Roberts Animal Hospital, Hanover, MA

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Recommendations are presented for standardized imaging planes and display conventions for two‐dimensional echocardiography in the dog and cat. Three transducer locations (“windows”) provide access to consistent imaging planes: the right parasternal location, the left caudal (apical) parasternal location, and the left cranial parasternal location. Recommendations for image display orientations are very similar to those for comparable human cardiac images, with the heart base or cranial aspect of the heart displayed to the examiner's right on the video display. From the right parasternal location, standard views include a long‐axis four‐chamber view and a long‐axis left ventricular outflow view, and short‐axis views at the levels of the left ventricular apex, papillary muscles, chordae tendineae, mitral valve, aortic valve, and pulmonary arteries. From the left caudal (apical) location, standard views include long‐axis two‐chamber and four‐chamber views. From the left cranial parasternal location, standard views include a long‐axis view of the left ventricular outflow tract and ascending aorta (with variations to image the right atrium and tricuspid valve, and the pulmonary valve and pulmonary artery), and a short‐axis view of the aortic root encircled by the right heart. These images are presented by means of idealized line drawings. Adoption of these standards should facilitate consistent performance, recording, teaching, and communicating results of studies obtained by two‐dimensional echocardiography. (Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 1993; 7:247–252. Copyright © 1993 by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.)

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Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Tập 7 Số 4

247-252

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