Ninety-five percent limits of agreement for normalized differences approximated ±20%; 95% of the absolute differences for any pair of measurements were <4.6mm regardless of bodyweight and <3.5mm for dogs <15kg. Mitral valve disease did not appreciably affect these findings.

Left ventricular internal dimensions in dogs with and without…[Read more]

Thrombin activation did not potentiate PF4 release in PRF samples and even reduced ATP level. Additionally, PRF neither induced any platelet membrane damage measured by lactic dehydrogenase release from PRP nor modified any platelets viability or metabolism measured by MTT. CONCLUSIONS We confirmed that PRF may activate PRP without additional…[Read more]