OBJECTIVE: To describe a technique for circumferential esophageal hiatal rim reconstruction and to report outcomes in brachycephalic dogs with persistent regurgitation treated with the technique. ANIMALS: 29 client-owned brachycephalic dogs. PROCEDURES: Dogs that had undergone circumferential...

Background: Proton pump inhibitors are administered prophylactically in dogs treated surgically for acute thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion (TL-IVDE). However, their efficacy in decreasing gastrointestinal (GI) complications is unknown. Hypothesis: Omeprazole does not decrease the...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is an important predictor of poor outcomes in dogs with mitral regurgitation (MR). The feasibility of radiography to predict PH in dogs with MR is unknown. This retrospective, observational, and analytic study aimed to identify a radiographic parameter to predict PH in ...

The purpose of this study was to establish the anaesthetic management of canine patients with mitral valve regurgitation that underwent soft tissue surgery and, also to understand the physiopathology of this cardiac disease and how anaesthesia might influence the outcome of this patients. The study ...

Background: Detailed surgical techniques for treating canine mitral regurgitation have not been previously reported. Method: This case series included six consecutive client-owned dogs with mitral regurgitation. All dogs underwent a combined protocol, including the modified loop technique and De...

Background: Progression to combined post- and pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) provides prognostic information in human patients with post-capillary PH. Pulmonary vascular resistance estimated by echocardiography (PVRecho) is useful for the stratification of dogs with myxomatous mitral...

The aim of this study is to determine the incidence of and potential risk factors for postoperative regurgitation and vomiting (PORV), postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), and aspiration pneumonia in geriatric dogs using premedication with maropitant and famotidine, intraoperative fentanyl,...

Objectives: The aims of the study were to investigate the prevalence and extent of gastroesophageal reflux, and the prevalence of regurgitation in dogs undergoing thoracolumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging, and to explore possible associations of reflux and regurgitation with signalment (breed, ...

Introduction: Mitral regurgitation (MR) is one of the main features of myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD), which is the most common heart disease in dogs. Myxomatous mitral valve disease affects many small breed dogs, and some breeds such as Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Dachshunds, Yorkshire ...

Objective: To determine the incidence of and risk factors for regurgitation in dogs within 24 hours of surgical management of brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS). Study design: Retrospective single center study of dogs undergoing BOAS surgery over four years (2013-2017). Animals: Two...