Breed-specific values for vertebral heart score (VHS), vertebral left atrial size (VLAS), and radiographic left atrial dimension (RLAD) in pugs without cardiac disease, and their relationship to Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS)

• Pia Saskia Wiegel ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Pia Saskia Wiegel, Rebekka Mach

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Small Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• Rebekka Mach ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Pia Saskia Wiegel, Rebekka Mach

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Small Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• Ingo Nolte ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ingo.nolte.IR@tiho-hannover.de

  Affiliation Clinic for Small Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4577-3739

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• Fritjof Freise,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Biometry, Epidemiology and Information Processing, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8493-8359

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• Charanthorn Levicar,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Small Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• Kristina Merhof,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Small Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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• Jan-Peter Bach

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Small Animals, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany

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