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Title: Avaliação radiográfica da silhueta cardíaca pelo método vertebral heart size em cães da raça Yorkshire Terrier clinicamente normais
Other Titles: Radiographic evaluation of the cardiac silhouette in clinically normal Yorkshire Terrier dogs through the vertebral heart size method
Keywords: Cão
Radiografia torácica
Silhueta cardíaca
VHS
Dog
Thoracic radiography
Cardiac silhouette
Vertebral heart size (VHS)
Issue Date: Aug-2011
Publisher: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Escola de Veterinária
Citation: CASTRO, M. G. et al. Avaliação radiográfica da silhueta cardíaca pelo método vertebral heart size em cães da raça Yorkshire Terrier clinicamente normais. Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, [S.l.], v. 63, n. 4, p. 850-857, ago. 2011. DOI: 10.1590/S0102-09352011000400009.
Abstract: The mean vertebral heart size (VHS) was established for Yorkshire Terrier dogs. Thirty clinically normal dogs with mean weight of 2.42±0.64kg and ages varying from one to six years of age, were studied. The animals were submitted to right lateral, ventrodorsal and dorsoventral thoracic radiographs. The Buchanan e Bücheler method was applied to the cardiac silhouette and thoracic depth and width. The VHS was 9.9±0.6 vertebrae on lateral, 10.1±0.6 on ventrodorsal and 10.0±0.6 on dorsoventral radiographs. There was no difference among these values. Five animals (16.7%) presented VHS values exceeding 10.5, the value suggested as upper limit for most breeds in lateral view. However, 95% of the animals in this study provide VHS values below the upper limit, and this should be equal to 11 vertebrae. The VHS values had significant correlation with body weight on lateral and VD radiographs. The mean depth:width ratio was 0.75±0.06. There was no correlation among VHS and depth:width ratios.
URI: http://repositorio.ufla.br/jspui/handle/1/57243
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