论文信息 - Analysis of murmur intensity, duration and frequency components in dogs with aortic stenosis.

Analysis of murmur intensity, duration and frequency components in dogs with aortic stenosis.

A study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between murmur intensity, murmur duration, duration to peak intensity and frequency components with degree of aortic stenosis in boxers. Measurements were made from phonocardiograms obtained from 35 boxers with ejection-type murmurs, and values were compared with those obtained for aortic flow velocity measured by Doppler echocardiography. Murmur intensity graded by auscultation was significantly correlated with aortic flow velocity (P < 0.001), and murmur duration, expressed as a percentage of systole was significantly correlated with aortic flow velocity (P < 0.001), independent of heart rate. Dogs with early systolic murmurs not exceeding 50 per cent of systole had aortic flow velocities of less than 1.5 m/second and no echocardiographic abnormalities, in contrast with dogs with murmurs of longer duration. Dogs with only high frequency components had lower aortic velocities than those that also had components in the medium frequency range (P < 0.01).

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