Table 1. Selected M‐Mode echocardiographic variables in healthy and critically ill newborn foals
Parameter | Healthy | CINF | p‐value |
---|---|---|---|
IVSd (cm) | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.0267 |
LVIDd (cm) | 5.4 | 3.8 | 0.0022 |
LVFWd (cm) | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.0075 |
IVSs (cm) | 2.2 | 2.5 | 0.0131 |
LVIDs (cm) | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.0006 |
LVFWs (cm) | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.0029 |
EDV (mL) | 138.9 | 63.0 | 0.0022 |
ESV (mL) | 50.8 | 13.1 | 0.0006 |
FS (%) | 36.4 | 44.2 | 0.0015 |
EF (%) | 66.0 | 76.0 | 0.0015 |
HR (bpm) | 88 | 125 | 0.0065 |
SV (mL) | 90.7 | 56.6 | 0.0087 |
CO (L/min) | 8.1 | 6.9 | 0.1959 |
As all data were not normally distributed, they were presented as median values. In bold values with statistical differences. Bpm: beats per minute; CINF: critically ill newborn foals; CO: cardiac output; EDV: left ventricular end‐diastolic volume; EF: ejection fraction; ESV: left ventricular end‐systolic volume; FS: fractional shortening; HR: heart rate; IVSd: interventricular septum thickness at end‐diastole; IVSs: interventricular septum thickness at end‐systole; LVIDd: left ventricular internal dimension at end‐diastole; LVIDs: left ventricular internal dimension at end‐systole; LVPWd: left ventricular posterior wall thickness at end‐diastole; LVPWs: left ventricular posterior wall thickness at end‐systole; SV: stroke volume.