ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine
Echocardiographic values for normal conditioned and unconditioned North American whippets.
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- Cardiological Reference Intervals in Adult American Staffordshire Terrier Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Echocardiographic values for normal conditioned and unconditioned North American whippets.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundEchocardiographic reference intervals have not been reported for North American whippets, or for whippets that have undergone pet-level athletic training.
objectivesTo develop normal echocardiographic reference intervals for North American whippets and investigate differences in echocardiographic parameters based on athletic conditioning in pet whippets engaged in competitive sports. ANIMALS: One-hundred healthy North American whippets.
methodsDogs were examined at national shows between 2005 and 2009. Echocardiographic reference intervals were constructed and the effect of athletic conditioning on parameters of structure and function was assessed.
resultsTwo dimensional, M-mode, Doppler and tissue Doppler reference ranges for healthy North American whippets are presented. Measures of left ventricular (LV) chamber diameter were larger in conditioned whippets (N = 25) and remained significantly larger than in unconditioned whippets (N = 16) when normalized for weight using allometric equations. Calculated LV mass was higher in conditioned dogs than in unconditioned dogs, and this difference persisted when LV mass was normalized by weight. Mitral E velocity was higher in conditioned dogs than in unconditioned dogs, whereas E/A and measures related to systolic function were not different. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Pet whippets in peak athletic condition have larger hearts than do less conditioned whippets, but measures of systolic function are similar. Whippet pet athletes may show eccentric LV hypertrophy at peak condition. Normal values for cardiac size and function in North American whippets might be considered abnormal if population-specific whippet reference intervals are not used in analysis.
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