Determination of left atrial volume in healthy dogs and dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease
Pesqui. vet. bras; 36 (8), 2016
The left atrial volume (LAV) can be obtained using the biplane Simpson's method via echocardiography. Although in medicine this parameter has been considered to be a prognostic marker of left atrial enlargement in several cardiac diseases, in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve degeneration (MMVD), a valvu...