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Simplifying mitral valve disease diagnostics
Author(s) -
Summerfield Nuala
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.k912
Subject(s) - heart failure , medicine , disease , mitral valve , cardiology , focus (optics) , intensive care medicine , physics , optics
Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) in dogs is a slowly progressive disease. Until recently, focus was aimed at the symptomatic phase of the disease, when congestive heart failure (CHF) develops. However, since the publication of the EPIC trial, which showed that treatment with pimobendan delays the onset of CHF, the focus has now shifted onto the early diagnosis of MMVD. This article considers the tests necessary to diagnose MMVD and aims to provide vets with the knowledge and tools to undertake these successfully.