5: Mitral valve disease prognostic indicators - pt2

07/17/23 • 26 min

In the second part of their discussion on mitral valve disease prognostic indicators, Jose and Kieran talk about what echo measurements provide the most useful assessment of prognosis in stage B disease, consider whether there is a place for using cardiac biomarkers in monitoring pre-clinical dogs, and review the recent literature covering how best to predict progression in pre-clinical dogs.

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3: Heart murmurs in puppies

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Jose and Kieran discuss heart murmurs in juvenile dogs. What findings make a heart murmur less likely to be pathological, and are there any ways of identifying young dogs with the most significant heart disease in primary care practice? What about those puppies with complex congenital disease that is not associated with an obvious heart murmur - can we identify where an echo may be useful in unexpected cases?

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6: Pulmonary hypertension

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Pulmonary hypertension is a common complicating factor of heart disease in dogs, but is a cardiovascular disorder in its own right, associated with a number of primary disease processes. In this episode, Jose and Kieran discuss the diagnosis, causes and management of pulmonary hypertension in dogs.