Review of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Canine Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease

The most common heart disease that affects dogs is myxomatous mitral valve disease. In this article, we review the current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to this disease, and we also present some of the latest technological advancements in this field.

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Main Authors: Giulio Menciotti, Michele Borgarelli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-09-01
Series:Veterinary Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/4/4/47
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spelling doaj-5ec087d9853d4d69988541694774e9672021-04-02T03:22:03ZengMDPI AGVeterinary Sciences2306-73812017-09-01444710.3390/vetsci4040047vetsci4040047Review of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Canine Myxomatous Mitral Valve DiseaseGiulio Menciotti0Michele Borgarelli1Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, 205 Duck Pond Dr., Blacksburg, VA 24061, USADepartment of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, 205 Duck Pond Dr., Blacksburg, VA 24061, USAThe most common heart disease that affects dogs is myxomatous mitral valve disease. In this article, we review the current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to this disease, and we also present some of the latest technological advancements in this field.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/4/4/47dogsheartechocardiographymitral repair
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Review of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Canine Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease
Veterinary Sciences
dogs
heart
echocardiography
mitral repair
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Michele Borgarelli
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title Review of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Canine Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease
title_short Review of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Canine Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease
title_full Review of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Canine Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease
title_fullStr Review of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Canine Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease
title_full_unstemmed Review of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Canine Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease
title_sort review of diagnostic and therapeutic approach to canine myxomatous mitral valve disease
publisher MDPI AG
series Veterinary Sciences
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publishDate 2017-09-01
description The most common heart disease that affects dogs is myxomatous mitral valve disease. In this article, we review the current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to this disease, and we also present some of the latest technological advancements in this field.
topic dogs
heart
echocardiography
mitral repair
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