Echocardiographic measurements in clinically healthy ferrets anesthetized with isoflurane.
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.
Vastenburg
Maartje H A C
MH
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.
Boroffka
Susanne A E B
SA
Schoemaker
Nico J
NJ
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
D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D007530:Isoflurane