Simple Summary Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a laboratory parameter that is
automatically calculated by most hematology analyzers and reflects the degree of variation …

Background—By its inhibitory effect on platelet-derived growth factor signaling, imatinib
could be efficacious in treating patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) …

Bronchomalacia (BM) is an inconsistently defined term in dogs, impairing understanding of
clinical presentation, therapeutic response and prognosis. Herein the authors propose to …

Background Progression to combined post‐and pre‐capillary pulmonary hypertension (PH)
provides prognostic information in human patients with post‐capillary PH. Pulmonary …

Abstract Background Three‐dimensional (3D) echocardiography and 2‐dimensional (2D)
strain measurements of the right ventricle (RV) are important indices in humans with …

Background Heartworms, a cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in dogs, can migrate from
the pulmonary arteries into the heart resulting in life‐threatening caval syndrome (CS) …

Radiographic assessment of heart size is important for clinical management of dogs with
cardiovascular disease (CVDz). We sought to compare the ability of vertebral heart size …

Background The clinical relevance of echocardiographic measurements of right heart size
and function in dogs with pulmonary hypertension (PH) is unknown. Objective To determine …

Background Differentiating cardiogenic vs noncardiogenic causes of respiratory signs can
be challenging when echocardiography is unavailable. Radiographic vertebral left atrial size …

Background Echocardiographic measurements may be influenced by breed-specific
characteristics. Therefore, this study aims to establish reference values for standard …