Veterinary Archives, Vol. 69 No. 4, 1999.
Original scientific paper
Contribution to standardisation of heart rate and electrocardiographic values in Doberman pinschers.
Alan Kovačević
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Đuras
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Gomerčić
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In this study electrocardiographic values of 44 Doberman pinscher dogs (11 months to 8.5 years old and with body masses of 34.4±4.9 kg) were measured. After clinical examination no signs of any disease were found, and anamnestic data indicated no cardiac disorders. After data analysis values of heart rate (127.9±23.6 beats per minute, with a range of 70 to 176 min-1), P wave amplitude (0.211±0.072 mV, with a range of 0.1 to 0.35 mV), P wave duration (0.04±0.003 s, with a range of 0.03 to 0.05 s), QRS complex duration (0.053±0.01 seconds, with a range of 0.02 to 0.07 s), R wave amplitude (1.66±0.56 mV, with a range of 0.6 to 3 mV), Q wave amplitude (0.65±0.4 mV, with a range of 0.05 to 1.8 mV), Q-T interval duration (0.187±0.024 s, with a range of 0.14 to 0.26 s) and S-T segment level (-0.049±0.068 mV, with a range of -0.2 to 0.1 mV) were similar to published standard values, but values of mean electrical axis (50.9°±26°, with a range of -42° to 101°) were considerably aberrant.
Keywords
Doberman pinschers; electrocardiogram; mean electrical axis; heart rate; P wave; QRS complex; Q wave; R wave; S-T segment; Q-T interval
Hrčak ID:
117722
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Publication date:
22.9.1999.
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