ArticleThe Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne2023
Left atrial measurement in lateral
Article in The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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Abstract
Objective: To compare left atrial measurements carried out by an emergency and critical care (ECC) clinician on cats in lateral and sternal recumbency. Animals and procedures: A prospective observational study was conducted between December 2019 and January 2021 at the university teaching hospital at University of Liège. One hundred and two hospitalized cats were enrolled. Focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) was performed in right lateral and sternal recumbency by a single FOCUS-trained ECC resident. Standard right parasternal long- and short-axis views were recorded. After randomization of the cineloops, the same blinded resident measured maximal left atrial dimension (LAD) and the ratio of left atrial to aortic diameter (LA:Ao). Reproducibility was assessed using the Bland-Altman method. Results: The LA:Ao and LAD measurements in lateral (LA:Ao median: 1.37, range: 1.02 to 3.22; LAD median: 13.25, range: 7.90 to 32.90) and sternal (LA:Ao median: 1.38, range: 1.06 to 3.22; LAD median: 13.00, range: 8.00 to 32.90) recumbency were not significantly different (bias: -0.003, CI -0.014, 0.007; and bias: -0.101, CI -0.231, 0.029, respectively). Conclusions and clinical relevance: The FOCUS technique was successfully applied in sternal recumbency in almost all cats. The LAD and LA:Ao measured in sternal and lateral recumbency were not significantly different. Cardiac left atrial measurements obtained using FOCUS can be reliably assessed in sternal recumbency in hospitalized, stable cats.
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