Myxomatous mitral valvedegeneration (MMVD) is the most common heart disease in dogs (5, 29, 41) accounting for approximately two thirds of the cardiac caseload seen in small animal practice (1, 2, 38). Pharmacologic management ofmyxomatous mitral valvedisease in dogs. ...
Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease (MMVD) in Canine is a common heart disease in elderly small dogs, characterized by fibrous thickening and junctional adhesion of the mitral valve closure margin. It is the most common acquired heart disease in canine, accounting for about 75% of clinical heart cas...
myxomatous mitral valve diseaseMyxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is the most common heart disease and cause of cardiac death in domestic dogs. MMVD is characterised by slow progressive myxomatous degeneration from the tips of the mitral valves onwards with subsequent mitral valve regurgitation, ...
Morphology of a prolapsed posterior mitral valve leaflet A case of prolapsed posterior mitral valve leaflet in a 63-year-old woman is presented. Morphologically, the middle scallop of the leaflet was lengthened and showed myxomatous change. Chordae tendineae to the scallop were thickened. A br.....
Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is a prevalent inherited mitral valve condition. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical manifestation of the cardiac condition MMVD in Poodles. Using ultrasonography (USG), this study examined the characteristics, progress...
Keratan sulfate, a GAG class previously unreported in valve tissues, was also discovered in the chordae. Myxomatous chordae contained more water and less collagen than control chordae, but equal quantities of DNA when normalized for wet weight. Cells in the chordae of myxomatous valves may ...
"Right now there's one group [from Japan] that has been traveling throughout the world doing mitral valve repairs on dogs with myxomatous degeneration of the valves." The targets: Small and Geriatric Dogs: possible causes of their mitral valve disease range from genetics to serotonin and mecha...
Mitral valve reconstruction for degenerative myxomatous mitral regurgitation, techniques, advances and resultsMitral valve reconstruction for degenerative myxomatous mitral regurgitation, techniques, advances and resultsMitral valve reconstruction for degenerative myxomatous mitral regurgitation, techniques, advances ...
Serum Serotonin Concentrations in Dogs with Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease Canine myxomatous degenerationCardiacHeartPlatelet functionValvular diseaseBackground: Increased serotonin (5HT) signaling has been implicated in valvular disease ... JW Arndt,CA Reynolds,GE Singletary,... - 《Journal of Veterinar...
Myxomatous mitral valve disease cTNI: Cardiac troponin-I DEGs: Differentially expressed genes WGCNA: Weighted gene co-expression network analyses LA:AO: Ratio of left atrium to aortic internal diameter in right-sided short axis view in early diastole LVIDDN: Left ventricular internal diameter...