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dc.contributor.authorSánchez Salguero, Xavier
dc.contributor.authorPrandi, David
dc.contributor.authorLlabrés-Díaz, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorGarcia Manzanilla, Edgar
dc.contributor.authorBadiella, Llorenç
dc.contributor.authorBussadori, Claudio
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-14T12:42:49Z
dc.date.available2021-12-14T12:42:49Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-20
dc.identifier.citationSánchez Salguero, X., Prandi, D., Llabrés-Díaz, F. et al. Heart to spine measurements to detect left atrial enlargement in dogs with mitral insufficiency. Ir Vet J 72, 14 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-019-0152-6en_US
dc.identifier.issn2046-0481
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11019/2699
dc.descriptionpeer-revieweden_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: Radiography is useful to determine left atrial (LA) size when echocardiography is not available. Recently, the authors have described Radiographic Left Atrial Dimension (RLAD) as a new radiographic measurement to assess LA size. The objective of this study was to assess the clinical usefulness of 2 new radiographic measurements to detect and quantify left atrial enlargement (LAE) compared to RLAD and using left atrium to aortic root (LA/Ao) ratio as gold standard. These new measurements, bronchus-to-spine (Br-Spine) and RLAD-to-spine (RLAD-Spine) may be more precise in cases were LA boundaries are not well defined. Fifty dogs, 25 with and 25 without LAE were recruited. Reference LA/Ao ratio was assessed by 2D echocardiography and LAE was considered if LA/Ao > 1.6. Br-spine was measured as a straight vertical line from the main stem bronchus to the ventral border of the vertebra situated immediately dorsal to the heart base. RLAD-Spine was measured from RLAD endpoint perpendicularly to spine. The correlation of RLAD, Br-Spine and RLAD-Spine methods with LA/Ao and their sensitivity and specificity for detecting LAE were calculated. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves were used to estimate the optimal cut-off for each method. Results: Correlations between Br-Spine, RLAD-Spine, RLAD and LA/Ao ratio were − 0.66, − 0.76 and 0.89 respectively (P < 0.001). Sensitivity at the optimal cut-off values for detecting LAE were 32.0, 64.0 and 96.0%, respectively. Specificity was 96.0% in all cases. Conclusion: Br-Spine and RLAD-Spine were less sensitive radiographic measurements than RLAD in detecting LAE in dogs. Both Br-Spine and RLAD-Spine may not be good alternatives to RLAD.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLCen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIrish Veterinary Journal;72
dc.rightsAttribution-ShareAlike 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectDogen_US
dc.subjectLeft atrial sizeen_US
dc.subjectMitral valve diseaseen_US
dc.subjectRadiographic measurementen_US
dc.subjectRLADen_US
dc.titleHeart to spine measurements to detect left atrial enlargement in dogs with mitral insufficiencyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-019-0152-6
dc.source.volume72
dc.source.issue1
refterms.dateFOA2021-12-14T12:42:49Z


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