Tomorrow I’ll be scanning a great Dane and i’d like to have some Mmode reference ranges. My only reference is June Boon’s book but I don’t know if there is something more up to date? I usually perform echo in cats and small dogs and I am not familiar with normal measurements in such a large patient. 

Tomorrow I’ll be scanning a great Dane and i’d like to have some Mmode reference ranges. My only reference is June Boon’s book but I don’t know if there is something more up to date? I usually perform echo in cats and small dogs and I am not familiar with normal measurements in such a large patient. 

It’s a 60kg 7-8 year old male great Dane presented with abdominal effusion. 3L approx of yellow rich protein fluid was drained from abdomen. There is a heart murmur. I’ll do and abdominal and heart scan. Echo to asssess if DCM. ( how dilated should I expect the LV and or RV to be in order to justify abdominal effusion from congestive heart failure?, or wpuld you just used mmode Cornell formulas according to weight?).

Thanks for any help.