Echocardiographic predictors of survival in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease

J Sargent, R Muzzi, R Mukherjee, S Somarathne… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate vena contracta and other echocardiographic measures of
myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) severity in a multivariable analysis of survival in …

Assessment of mitral regurgitation in dogs: comparison of results of echocardiography with magnetic resonance imaging

J Sargent, DJ Connolly, V Watts… - Journal of Small …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES Echocardiography is used routinely to assess mitral regurgitation severity, but
echocardiographic measures of mitral regurgitation in dogs have not been compared with …

Left ventricular early inflow–outflow index: a novel echocardiographic indicator of mitral regurgitation severity

MM Lee, A Salahuddin, MJ Garcia… - Journal of the American …, 2015 - Am Heart Assoc
Background No gold standard currently exists for quantification of mitral regurgitation (MR)
severity. Classification by echocardiography is based on integrative criteria using color and …

[PDF][PDF] Apical systolic flow within the left ventricle: A novel and simple Doppler parameter in prediction of mitral regurgitation severity

HC Tokgöz, C Kaymaz, S Öztürk… - Anatolian Journal of …, 2015 - jag.journalagent.com
Effects of the mitral regurgitation (MR) on flow dynamics within the left ventricle (LV) have not
been considered in MR grading. We hypothesized that a significant MR may be associated …