ArticlePloS one2012
Liver stiffness using transient elastography is applicable to canines for hepatic disease models.
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- Shear wave elastography measurements in dogs treated surgically for congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Liver and spleen elastography of dogs affected by brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome and its correlation with clinical biomarkers.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Two-Dimensional Shear Wave Elastography of Normal Soft Tissue Organs in Adult Beagle Dogs; Interobserver Agreement and Sources of Variability.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Article
- Use of serum biomarkers in staging of canine hepatic fibrosis.Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe objectives of this study were to evaluate the best position and best exploration probe for determining liver stiffness (LS) in dogs using transient liver elastography (TE). Thirteen dogs were used in the study. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL
findingsMorphometric measurements taken were thoracic circumference, weight and height. Elastographic measurements were taken in 4 anatomical positions using two different probes: medium (M) and small (S). The exploration was considered correct when the success rate was above 60% and the interquartile range of the measurements did not exceed 30%. The best measurements were obtained in the middle of the 6th-9th intercostal spaces, with the dog in the left lateral position and using probe M for preference in adults and probe S mandatory for animals <2 years. The correlation between probes was 99%. Intra-observer variability showed an intra-class correlation of 97.6%. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: TE is a technique that is reproducible in dogs.
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