Degenerative mitral valve disease (MVD), the most common acquired heart disease in small-
sized dogs, is characterized by valvular degeneration resulting in systolic mitral valve …

Degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD) is, by far, the most commonly encountered
acquired cardiac disease in adult dogs, and the condition is caused by a progressive …

Objective—To determine the prevalence of Doppler echocardiography–derived evidence of
pulmonary arterial hypertension (DEE-PAH) in dogs with mitral valve disease (MVD) …

Background There is no commonly shared severity score for myxomatous mitral valve
disease (MMVD) based on routinely acquired echocardiographic variables …

Objectives To evaluate vena contracta and other echocardiographic measures of
myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) severity in a multivariable analysis of survival in …

Background: Degenerative mitral valve disease (MVD) is the most common heart disease in
small breed dogs, and chordae tendineae rupture (CTR) is a potential complication of this …

Background Left atrial size is prognostically important in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve
disease (MMVD). Hypothesis/Objectives To compare the level of agreement in identification …

Background Dogs with degenerative mitral valve disease are commonly presented to small
animal clinicians. Diagnosis, clinical staging, and therapeutic design are based on a …

Background: Little information is available about the prevalence of renal dysfunction in dogs
with chronic valvular heart disease (CVD). Hypothesis: Azotemia and a decrease in …

Background: Pimobendan (PIMO) is an inodilator that may have some beneficial effects in
canine degenerative mitral valve disease (MVD). However, little information is available …