Windows and reference echotomograms for bidimensional real-time echocardiogram of horses

Abstract

Two echocardiographic windows are described for the ultrasonographic exploration in the equine, one on the right hemitorax and another on the left. Also, the anatomical aspect of seven two-dimensional echotomograms, considered indispensable for the basic echocardiographic study, is given. The imagines correspond to thirty-two, cardiologically healthy horses selected from 4.096 registered images.

The importance of having echocardiographic standardized images, in order to achieve more exact and comparable echocardiographic diagnoses in the horse is emphasized.