This research aimed to establish reference radiographic indices for future cardio-thoracic
appraisals in the African grasscutter. Twenty healthy animals, consisting of equal number of …

An enlarged heart almost always indicates the presence of cardiac or pericardial disease.
Radiographic assessment is an invaluable and a practical method of evaluating patients …

The aim of this cross-sectional prospective radiologic study was to determine reproducible
biometric ratios for cardiac assessment in the indigenous dog. Thirty healthy male and …

The present study aimed to standardize cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) in clinically healthy
Sunda porcupine. This study was an explorative study using four Sunda porcupines, male …

Abstract Evaluation of the heart in terms of its silhouette size and shape and the
morphometry of other thoracic organs cannot be ignored diagnostically in small animal …

Radiographic evaluation plays a crucial role in the prediction and diagnosis of cardiac
disease. Vertebral heart score (VHS) and cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) provide an objective …

In veterinary diagnostic radiology, determination of heart size is necessary in the
assessment of patients with clinical signs of cardiac anomaly. In this study, heart sizes were …

In veterinary radiology, determination of cardiac features is necessary in the assessment of
animals with clinical signs of heart disease. In this work, thoracic radiographs of 10 clinically …

Abstract Vertebral Heart Score is a reliable method of determining cardiac size changes
because it is able to assess cardiac enlargement. The canine heart has considerable breed …

Background: Veterinary cardiology has been widely divulged, especially because of the
search for diagnostic methods that allow early identification of heart disease in companion …