Table 3 |
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| Within-day and between-day variability and confidence interval of pulse wave Doppler echocardiographic measurements of the pulmonary flow in 10 healthy adult Saanen goats performed 3 times at 1 day interval by the same observer | ||||
| Observed Mean ± SD | Confidence Intervals (5 – 95%) | Within-day CV (%) | Between-day CV (%) | |
| Vmax (m/s) | 0.99 ± 0.12 | 0.93 – 1.05 | 5.33 | 6.19 |
| Vmean (m/s) | 0.76 ± 0.10 | 0.71 – 0.80 | 5.49 | 6.58 |
| ET (ms) | 266.7 ± 23.4 | 254.45 – 279.04 | 4.77 | 5.26 |
| VTI (cm) | 20.14 ± 2.74 | 19.02 – 21.25 | 6.03 | 6.31 |
| PEP (ms) | 51.1 ± 8.0 | 44.89 – 57.39 | 12.34 | 13.94 |
| TTP (ms) | 112.5 ± 27.1 | 95.57 – 129.44 | 15.89 | 17.17 |
| Acc slope (m/s2) | 9.31 ± 2.83 | 7.35 – 11.27 | 20.19 | 24.02 |
| Dec slope (m/s2) | 6.81 ± 1.97 | 5.71 – 7.91 | 12.54 | 18.36 |
| Dec Time (ms) | 154.3 ± 31.9 | 136.44 – 172.05 | 12.48 | 13.17 |
| SV (ml) | 77.69 ± 11.16 | 73.41 – 81.97 | 6.02 | 6.28 |
| CO (l/min) | 7.34 ± 1.50 | 6.93 – 7.74 | 6.02 | 6.30 |
| SI (ml/kg) | 1.20 ± 0.17 | 1.13 – 1.27 | 6.02 | 6.47 |
| CI (ml/kg/min) | 113.31 ± 22.88 | 106.82 – 119.80 | 6.02 | 6.53 |
| PEP/ET | 0.19 ± 0.04 | 0.16 – 0.22 | 14.86 | 16.41 |
Acc: Acceleration, CI: Cardiac index, CO: Cardiac output, CV: Coefficient of variation, Dec: Deceleration, ET: Ejection time of the pulmonary flow, PEP: Pre-ejection period of the pulmonary flow, SD: Standard deviation, SI: Stroke index, SV: Stroke volume, TPP: Time to peak of the pulmonary flow, Vmax: Peak velocity of the pulmonary flow, Vmean: Mean velocity of the pulmonary flow, VTI: Velocity time integral of the pulmonary flow.
Leroux et al. BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:190 doi:10.1186/1746-6148-8-190
