Associations between thoracic radiographic changes and severity of pulmonary arterial hypertension diagnosed in 60 dogs via Doppler echocardiography: A retrospective study

• Published in: Veterinary radiology & ultrasound Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 454 - 462
• Main Authors: Adams, Dustin S., Marolf, Angela J., Valdés‐Martínez, Alejandro, Randall, Elissa K., Bachand, Annette M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Animals; canine; Case-Control Studies; Dog Diseases - diagnosis; Dog Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Dogs; Echocardiography, Doppler - methods; Echocardiography, Doppler - veterinary; Hypertension, Pulmonary - diagnosis; Hypertension, Pulmonary - diagnostic imaging; Hypertension, Pulmonary - veterinary; main pulmonary artery enlargement; Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging; Radiography, Thoracic - veterinary; Retrospective Studies; right ventricular enlargement; thoracic radiographs; main pulmonary artery enlargement; canine; right ventricular enlargement; thoracic radiographs

Doppler echocardiography is a noninvasive method for estimating and grading pulmonary arterial hypertension. No current literature associates significance of radiographic findings with severity of pulmonary arterial hypertension. We hypothesized that the number and conspicuity of radiographic findin...