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Abstract Background The Evaluation of pimobendan in dogs with cardiomegaly caused by preclinical myxomatous mitral valve disease (EPIC) study monitored dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) as they developed c...

Abstract Background Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is a common primary cardiomyopathy of cats. However, little information is available regarding prognostic variables in large populations of cats with RCM. Objectives T...

ABSTRACT Background Revisiting the association between heart disease and renal infarction (RI) in cats is relevant to determine whether those with RI should undergo echocardiographic screening. Objective Compare the rela...

In patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) the most important reason of increased mortality is cardiovascular disease. In these patients anemia is frequent and is shown to lead to left ventricle hypertrophy (LVH) an...

Methotrexate (MTX) is cleared primarily by renal excretion. The excretion of MTX is delayed in subjects with renal dysfunction and elevated plasma MTX concentrations develop which lead to bone marrow toxicities and possi...

Background Histologic features of pulmonary veno‐occlusive disease (PVOD) and pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (PCH) have been described in dogs but without a thorough clinical description. Objectives To report the ...

Abstract Background Hypersomatotropism (HST) is an increasingly recognized endocrinopathy in cats and is mostly described associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). Objectives To evaluate the efficacy and safety of transsph...

Abstract Background The proportion of cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) that lose systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve (SAM) in the long term is unknown. Hypothesis/Objectives Cats with HCM will lose SA...

Abstract Background The optimal heart rate (HR) in dogs with atrial fibrillation (AF) is unknown. Impact of HR on survival needs elucidation. Hypothesis/Objectives Dogs with a 24 hours Holter‐derived meanHR ≤125 be...

Abstract Background Factors associated with outcome in dogs diagnosed with infective endocarditis (IE) are not well characterized. Objectives Evaluate outcome and prognostic factors in dogs with IE. Animals One hundred a...

This study highlights the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension as well as the risk factors that are linked to them. Those with diabetes are as much as four times greater likely than non-diabetics to experience hyperte...

Background Although psychological stress has emerged as an important determinant of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, it remains excluded from the recently updated cardiovascular health (CVH) metrics, known as Life’s ...

In this study we compared hemodialysis patients with CAPD patients in view of quality of life and investigated influencing factors. Seventy-two hemodialysis (HD) (39 male, 33 female) and 60 CAPD (32 male, 28 female) pa...

Abstract Background There is a lack of clinical data on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in dogs. Hypothesis/Objectives To investigate signalment, clinical signs, diagnostic findings, and survival in dogs with HCM. Anim...

Takayasu arteritis is a vasculitis of aorta and large vessels and it is rarely diagnosed in childhood in Turkey. An 11-year old girl was admitted for the manifestations of hypertensive cardiomyopathy and congestive heart...

Abstract Background Point‐of‐care lung ultrasound (LUS) is an effective tool to diagnose left‐sided congestive heart failure (L‐CHF) in dogs via detection of ultrasound artifacts (B‐lines) caused by increased l...

Micronutrient undernutrition during critical periods of growth has become an important health issue in developing and developed countries, particularly among pregnant women and children having an imbalanced diet. Zinc is...

Se presenta un estudio descriptivo de corte transversal en pacientes mayores de 15 años con insuficiencia cardíaca que fueron tratados con digoxina en 15 consultorios médicos del municipio de Rodas, Cienfuegos, Cuba, ...

The newly inaugurated Research Resource for Complex Physiologic Signals, which was created under the auspices of the National Center for Research Resources of the National Institutes of Health, is intended to stimulate c...

Materias / palabras clave: therapeutic approaches, cardiovascular diseases, congestive heart failure, hypertension, hypotension, preventive cardiology; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Car...