Compromised gut health and dysbiosis in people with heart failure has received a great deal of attention over the last decade. Whether dogs with heart failure have a similar dysbiosis pattern to what is described in people is currently unknown. We hypothesised that dogs with congestive heart ...

Heart failure is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in canines. With the improvement in diagnostic technology, diagnosis of heart failure has become a routine in referral clinics. Sixteen dogs diagnosed with congestive left heart failure, employing history, clinical signs, radiography...

We described the use of IV nitroglycerin as adjunctive therapy in three canine patients with left congestive heart failure secondary to degenerative mitral valve disease. All three dogs were admitted for signs of respiratory distress and all were determined to be in left congestive heart failure by ...

BACKGROUND: A common problem encountered in veterinary medicine is the euthyroid sick syndrome (ESS), which refers to a state where nonthyroidal illness (such as heart diseases) causes suppression of serum concentrations of thyroid hormone without true pathology of the thyroid gland. Chronic valve...

This special issue contains 3 papers focusing on heart disease in dogs and animals. Topics include: teaching old dogs new tricks: an updated consensus on the management of mitral valve disease; diuretics and heart failure: 10 things you need to know; and monitoring congestive heart failure.

Nowadays, congestive heart failure is one of the major complications of heart disease in small animals, which is characterized by a clinical condition in which the heart is unable to eject the blood efficiently. At long term, some compensatory mechanisms it will eventually become detrimental and,...

An 11-year-old, 12.3-kg, female Miniature Dachshund was presented to our institution with ascites of unknown etiology. The dog had been administered moxidectin for 3 years to treat a heartworm infection. Thoracic radiographs showed enlargement of the right heart. Echocardiography revealed right...

The Macruz Index is a simple electrocardiographic methodology indicated in the evaluation of possible left atrial remodeling in human medicine. In dogs, the main cause of left atrial remodeling is mitral valve myxomatous degeneration, a degenerative valvulopathy with high occurrence in the routine...

The enzyme 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase isoenzyme 2 (11BHSD2) is responsible for converting the active glucocorticoid cortisol to inactive cortisone and in the renal medulla protects the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) from activation by cortisol. Derangements in 11BHSD2 activity can result ...

Cardiovascular diseases are the most common causes of death in dogs. Estimation of Creatine Kinase-MB is used for diagnostic and prognostic information in dogs' case of congestive heart failure. The present study was undertaken to determine the serum concentrations of the Creatine Kinase-MB...