title: Echocardiographic measurements in clinically healthy ferrets anesthetized with isoflurane.
abstract: Two-dimensional, M4-mode, and color flow Doppler echocardiography was performed in 29 (18 females, 11 males) clinically healthy ferrets anesthetized with isoflurane. M-mode measurements of the left ventricle, left atrial appendage diameter (LAAD), and aorta (Ao) were obtained. The fractional shortening and LAAD/Ao ratio were calculated. The values of the M-mode measurements were compared between the male and female ferrets using a Student's t-test. No significant differences were found. The difference in body weight between the male and female ferrets was highly significant (P<0.001), but no significant correlation was found between body weight and M-mode measurements. Color flow Doppler examinations of the mitral, tricuspid, aortic, and pulmonary valves were recorded and there was minor valvular regurgitation in five ferrets, which was considered nonsignificant.
authors.affiliation: Division of Diagnostic Imaging, Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, PO Box 80.164, 3508 TD Utrecht, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Maartje H A C
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Vastenburg
authors.forename: Susanne A E B
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Boroffka
authors.forename: Nico J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Schoemaker
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000662:veterinary*; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005289:Ferrets / Q000502:physiology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects*; D007530:Isoflurane / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D007530:Isoflurane