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Table 2 Echocardiographic findings in two groups of cats without (N-CHF) or with (CHF) congestive heart failure

From: Assessment of a bedside test for N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) to differentiate cardiac from non-cardiac causes of pleural effusion in cats

  

N-CHF (n = 14)

CHF (n = 6)

2D long axis

LAD (mm)a

14.0 (8.9–22.0)

19.0 (8.2–41.0)

RA increasedb

4

3

M-mode long axis

IVSd (mm)a

4.6 (3.7–6.7)

4.9 (2.8–7.9)

LVWd (mm)a

5.0 (3.4–7.7)

5.2 (3.1–8.6)

RVDd (mm)

5.9 (2.1–11.0)

7.5 (3.7–13.0)

  1. LAD left atrium systolic diameter, RA subjective right atrium size, IVSd interventricular septum diastolic diameter, LVWd left ventricular wall diastolic diameter; a = median (range); b number of patients