Department of Veterinary Surgery and Radiology, UP Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go-Anusandhan Sansthan, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author: S Purohit; E-mail: spurohit2000@gmail.com
Online Published on 3 October, 2022.
The study aims to evaluate and find the correlation of age and body weight of pulse wave Doppler echocardiographic indices of mitral velocity, tricuspid velocity, pulmonary and aortic velocity in 13 apparently healthy small breed dogs aged 1 to 9 years and weighing 6.5 to 15 kg were subjected to pulsed-wave Doppler echocardiography examination. Except for a positive correlation with age by Mitral peak A velocity and a positive correlation with body weight by Mitral E/A ratio, all other parameters are negatively correlated with age and body weight. The findings can be used to further determine the pathophysiological affections in future studies on small breed dogs.
• Blood flow across the mitral valve, tricuspid valve, aortic velocity and pulmonary artery velocity were determined.
• Pulse wave Doppler proves to be useful in recording flow velocities in a non-invasive fashion.
• This diagnostic aid a less cumbersome and more reliable technique.
Aortic flow velocity, Mitral flow velocity, Tricuspid flow velocity, Pulmonary flow velocity
