ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2021
Prevalence of sudden cardiac death in dogs with atrial fibrillation.
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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
- Management of two dogs with post-operative new-onset persistent atrial fibrillation following mitral valve repair.Veterinary medicine and science · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Galectin-3 in Dogs with Atrial Fibrillation.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease in Large Breed Dogs: Survival Characteristics and Prognostic Variables.Veterinary sciences · 2024Article
- Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation in the Dog: A Systematic Review.Veterinary sciences · 2024Review
- 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
- Optimal rate control in dogs with atrial fibrillation-ORCA study-Multicenter prospective observational study: Prognostic impact and predictors of rate control.Journal of veterinary internal medicineObservational
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Abstract
backgroundAtrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in humans, independent of secondary risk factors such as thrombogenic disorders. In dogs, SCD is described in a number of heart diseases, but an association between AF and SCD is unreported. HYPOTHESIS: (a) A higher proportion of dogs with AF will experience SCD, and (b) SCD will be associated with complex ventricular arrhythmias. ANIMALS: One-hundred forty-two dogs with AF, and 127 dogs without AF.
methodsRetrospective, multicenter, case-control study. Dogs included in the AF group were compared to a control group of dogs in sinus rhythm, matched for echocardiographic diagnosis. Descriptive statistics were used to identify proportions of each group suffering SCD, compared using chi-squared testing. Risk factors for SCD in dogs with AF were evaluated at the univariable and multivariable level using binary logistic regression. Significance was P < .05.
resultsA significantly higher proportion of dogs with AF suffered SCD than dogs in the control group (14.8% vs 5.5%; P = .01). Younger age at diagnosis, larger left atrial size, and a history of syncope all were independent predictors of SCD in dogs with AF (χ CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Atrial fibrillation was associated with a higher prevalence of SCD in dogs. A history of syncope may be a useful predictor of SCD risk.
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