Reference ranges for standard-echocardiography in pugs and impact of clinical severity of Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS) on echocardiographic parameters

Table 8 Comparison of TAPSE and TAPSE:Ao in pugs in the present study to selected interbreed studies

		mean/median	RI
TAPSE [mm]
Pugs	(N = 40)	9.32	6 - 12.75
Visser et al. 2015	(N = 80)	13.37*	11.4 - 15.53	*sign. higher than in pugs (p < 0.0001)
Visser et al. 2015 (BW-dependent RI for dogs of 9 kg)	(N = 80)	N/A	9.2 - 14.7	not applicable, since data not available
TAPSE:Ao
Pugs	(N = 40)	0.62	0.38 - 0.81
Caivano et al. 2018 [42]	(N = 137)	N/A	0.65 - 1.07	not applicable, since data not available

BW Body weight, RI Reference interval (95% prediction interval, 2.5% - 97.5% percentile), N/A Not available, TAPSE Tricuspid annular plane systolic motion excursion in mm, TAPSE:Ao TAPSE indexed to aortic root diameter
comparison of medians with sign test, between means with one sample t-test, significant p values highlighted with an asterisk (*).

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