ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2020
Echocardiographic predictors of first onset of atrial fibrillation in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease.
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- Signalment, clinical characteristics, and echocardiographic findings in dogs affected by secondary atrial fibrillation with and without concomitant frequent and complex ventricular arrhythmias.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Ability of Surface Electrocardiography in Predicting Ventricular Arrhythmias in Dogs with Secondary Atrial Fibrillation.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Galectin-3 in Dogs with Atrial Fibrillation.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation in the Dog: A Systematic Review.Veterinary sciences · 2024Review
- Risk factors for atrial fibrillation in dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2023Article
- Prevalence and prognostic role of L wave and selected clinical and echocardiographic variables in dogs with atrial fibrillation.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2023Article
- Prevalence of sudden cardiac death in dogs with atrial fibrillation.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2021Article
- Role of Two-Dimensional Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography in Early Detection of Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Dogs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Review
- Prevalence and risk factors for atrial fibrillation in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2020Article
- Echocardiographic predictors of first onset of atrial fibrillation in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) occurs in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) as a consequence of left atrial (LA) dilatation, and it affects survival and quality of life.
objectivesTo evaluate the usefulness of echocardiography in predicting the first occurrence of AF in dogs with MMVD. ANIMALS: Forty-four client-owned dogs with MMVD, 22 dogs that developed AF, and 22 dogs that maintained sinus rhythm.
methodsRetrospective observational study. Medical databases were reviewed for dogs that developed AF during the year after diagnosis of MMVD (AF group). The last echocardiographic examination obtained while still in sinus rhythm was used to derive selected variables. For each dog with AF, a control dog matched for body weight, class of heart failure, and LA dimension was selected. Echocardiographic results including LA volumes and LA speckle tracking echocardiography (STE)-derived variables were measured.
resultsAmong the tested echocardiographic variables, only LA diameter (P = .03) and left ventricular internal diameter in diastole (P = .03) differed significantly between groups, whereas body weight-indexed variables of cardiac dimension as well as LA volumes and volume-derived functional variables were not different. Among the STE-derived variables, peak atrial longitudinal strain (PALS) results differed significantly between the AF group (23.8% ± 8.6%) and the control group (30.5% ± 9.6%; P = .03). A value of PALS ≤28% predicted AF occurrence with sensitivity and specificity of 0.80 and 0.65, respectively. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Absolute cardiac diameters and LA STE (in particular, PALS) are useful echocardiographic predictors for the development of AF in dogs with MMVD.
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