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ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS IN TRAINING COMPARED WITH NON‐TRAINING GREYHOUNDS
Author(s) -
Lonsdale Rebecca A.,
Labuc Robert H.,
Robertson Ian D.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.1998.tb01615.x
Subject(s) - medicine , systole , cardiology , interventricular septum , body surface area , diastole , body weight , training (meteorology) , blood pressure , physics , ventricle , meteorology
Echocardiographic parameters were compared between training and non‐training greyhound dogs. When indexed to body weight there was a statistically significant increase (p<0.05) in the interventricular septal thickness (systole) and when indexed to body surface area there were increased interventricular septal (systole) and left ventricular free wall measurements (systole) in training compared with non‐training greyhounds. When each gender was analyzed separately and echocardiographic parameters were indexed to body size, both genders had an increase in the interventricular septal thickness (diastolic in the female, systolic in the male) in the training compared with non‐training greyhounds. In male training greyhounds there was additionally an increase in the left ventricular internal dimension (systole) and free wall thickness (systole) when echocardiographic parameters were indexed to body surface area compared with non‐training greyhounds (p<0.05). The results indicate that certain training greyhound echocardiographic parameters are larger than non‐training greyhound echocardiographic parameters. The potential effects of training, body size and gender should be considered when interpreting echocardiographic parameters in populations of greyhounds.