Table 4 |
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| Within-day and between-day variability and confidence interval of pulse wave Doppler echocardiographic measurements of the tricuspid 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 (%) | |
| E-Peak | ||||
| Emax (m/s) | 0.67 ± 0.15 | 0.60 – 0.73 | 9.82 | 10.34 |
| Emean (m/s) | 0.49 ± 0.12 | 0.44 – 0.54 | 10.11 | 10.88 |
| VTI (cm) | 10.60 ± 3.10 | 9.14 – 12.06 | 15.21 | 15.69 |
| ET (ms) | 220.6 ± 54.5 | 196.34 – 244.77 | 11.16 | 12.53 |
| Dec Time (ms) | 108.9 ± 34.7 | 86.23 – 131.72 | 22.03 | 23.81 |
| Dec slope (m/s2) | 6.89 ± 3.09 | 5.02 – 8.74 | 25.65 | 30.87 |
| A-Peak | ||||
| Amax (m/s) | 0.58 ± 0.12 | 0.51 – 0.64 | 10.70 | 12.29 |
| Amean (m/s) | 0.45 ± 0.10 | 0.39 – 0.49 | 11.07 | 12.60 |
| VTI (cm) | 5.11 ± 1.24 | 4.30 – 5.91 | 16.20 | 17.97 |
| ET (ms) | 117.3 ± 24.2 | 103.86 – 130.77 | 11.41 | 13.08 |
| E/A | 1.16 ± 0.19 | 1.03 – 1.29 | 11.14 | 12.35 |
Amax: peak velocity of the tricuspid flow during the atrial contraction, Amean: mean velocity of the tricuspid flow during the atrial contraction, CI: Confidence Intervals, CV: Coefficient of variation, Dec: Deceleration, Emax: peak velocity of the tricuspid flow during the early ventricular filling, Emean: mean velocity of the tricuspid flow during the early ventricular filling, ET: Ejection time, SD: Standard deviation, VTI: Velocity time integral.
Leroux et al. BMC Veterinary Research 2012 8:190 doi:10.1186/1746-6148-8-190
