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Table 6 Echocardiographic measurements of cardiac dimensions of healthy domestic swine according to their age

From: Normal electrocardiographic and echocardiographic (M-mode and two-dimensional) values in Polish Landrace pigs

Age (month)

LA/Ao

RWT

LWd + LWs (cm)

IVSd/LWd

ST IVS (%)

ST LPW (%)

Number of animals

2

1.40 ± 0.21

0.34

1.76

1.34

29

43

19

3

1.51 ± 0.22

0.30

1.87

1.51

24

40

33

4

1.55 ± 0.20

0.36

2.28

2.43

28

37

25

5

1.62 ± 0.15

0.38

2.66

1.96

25

41

24

6

1.51 ± 0.22

0.36

2.56

2.01

28

39

32

7

1.45 ± 0.17

0.37

2.87

2.18

31

43

29

8

1.50 ± 0.21

0.35

2.81

2.08

34

41

8

  1. LA/Ao - left atrial size-to-aortic root diameter ratio; RWT - relative wall thickness; LWd + LWs - sum of maximum left ventricular wall thickness; IVSd/LWd - relative interventricular septal thickness; ST IVS - interventricular septal systolic thickening; ST LW - left ventricular free wall thickening. Values are displayed as mean ± standard deviation.
  2. N = 170.
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147