Table 1.

Ventriculographic and Echocardiographic Measures at Baseline in Dogs with Moderate and Advanced Heart Failure .

	Moderate HF (n=12)			Advanced HF (n=12)
	Control (n=6)	CSD (n=6)	P-value	Control (n=6)	CSD (n=6)	P-value
LV EF (%)	55±1	53±2	0.37	48±1	50±1	0.18
LAVmax (ml)	15.20±1.35	16.20±1.10	0.58	18.90±2.2	21.10±2.20	0.49
LAVp (ml)	11.10±0.73	12.10±1.02	0.44	13.00±2.00	15.33±1.59	0.38
LAVmin (ml)	8.90±0.65	9.20±0.73	0.77	10.25±1.63	12.2±1.35	0.38
LAAEV (ml)	2.36±0.16	2.90±0.33	0.17	2.75±0.37	3.15±0.51	0.54
LAAEF (%)	21.60±1.76	23.70±1.02	0.32	21.50±1.24	20.75±1.76	0.73

HF = heart failure; LV = left ventricular; EF = ejection fraction; LAVmax = left atrial maximal volume; LAVp = left atrial volume at the onset of the p wave; LAVmin = left atrial minimal volume; LAAEV = left atrial active emptying volume; LAAEF = left atrial active emptying fraction.