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Table 1 Internal echocardiographic measurements in healthy adult camels (n=22)

From: Echocardiography of the normal camel (Camelus dromedaries) heart: technique and cardiac dimensions

Variable

Min

Max

Mean

SD

CV

RVd (cm)

4.3

8.0

5.3

1.2

22%

RVs (cm)

4.2

4.6

4.1

0.4

10%

LVd (cm)

9.9

15.5

11.8

1.6

14%

LVs (cm)

7.8

9.4

8.2

0.6

10%

RAd (cm)

5.0

6.5

5.9

0.5

10%

RAs (cm)

3.0

4.5

3.9

0.4

10%

LAd (cm)

6.8

8.8

7.6

0.6

10%

LAs (cm)

4.7

6.4

5.6

0.5

10%

RVWd (cm)

1.5

2.4

1.8

0.2

10%

RVWs (cm)

1.2

2.0

1.5

0.2

13%

IVSd (cm)

1.7

3.0

2.1

0.3

14%

IVSs (cm)

1.2

3.9

2.8

0.7

30%

LVWd (cm)

1.8

3.4

2.8

0.4

14%

LVWs (cm)

1.1

2.4

1.9

0.4

21%

AOd(cm)

6.0

8.2

7.0

0.8

11%

PAd (cm)

6.0

9.7

8.1

1.2

15%

TVDs (cm)

2.6

6.8

4.1

1.1

27%

MVDs (cm)

4.3

7.8

6.2

1.0

16%

  1. N, number of the camels; Min, minimum value; Max, maximum value; SD, standard deviation;CV, coefficient of variation; RV, right ventricular diameter; LV, left ventricular diameter; RA right atrium diameter; LA, left atrium diameter; RVW, right ventricular wall thickness; IVS, interventricularseptal thickness; LVW, left ventricular wall thickness; AO, aortic diameter; PA, pulmonary artery diameter; TVD, tricuspid valve diameter; MVD, mitral valve diameter; d, diastole; s, systole.