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Small Animal Radiology and Ultrasound: A Diagnostic Atlas and Text

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58 <strong>Small</strong> <strong>Animal</strong> Radiolo g y <strong>and</strong> Ultrasono graphy<br />

Fig. 2-29 A right parasternal shortaxis<br />

view of the heart at the level of<br />

the pulmonic valve reveals the right<br />

ventricle (rv), pulmonic valve (pv),<br />

main pulmonary artery (pa), left<br />

pulmonary artery (lpa), right pulmonary<br />

artery (rpa), <strong>and</strong> aorta (ao).<br />

Diagnosis: Normal heart.<br />

Fig. 2-30 Diagrammatic representations of the normal appearance of the left caudal parasternal<br />

four-chamber (inflow) <strong>and</strong> five-chamber (left ventricular outflow) views. RA, right atrium; RV, right<br />

ventricle; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; AS, atrial septum; AO, aorta. (From Thomas WP, Gaber<br />

CE, Jacobs GJ, et al: Recommendation for st<strong>and</strong>ards in transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography<br />

in the dog <strong>and</strong> cat. J Vet Intern Med 1993; 7:251.)

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