Cardiac index by thermodilution or transthoracic echocardiography in dogs at different hemodynamic states
ABSTRACT: Proper monitoring of cardiac index (CI) in critically ill patients requires accurate and minimally invasive methods. The aim of this study was to compare the CI values obtained by thermodilution or echocardiography using different methods in dogs in different hemodynamic states. Nine dogs...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
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Series: | Ciência Rural |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016001102049&lng=en&tlng=en |