Treatment of canine heart disease - what do we really know?

Authors: Rishniw M
Publication: Proceedings of the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA) Annual Conferences, Volume 2014 AVA Annual Conference, Perth, Issue Small Animal, May 2014
Publisher: Australian Veterinary Association

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Abstract: The most common canine cardiac condition faced by veterinarians in daily first-opinion practice is canine myxomatous mitral valve disease; dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) follows a distant second. Clinicians and owners want to know two things: (A) can I prevent or delay progression of the disease with pharmacotherapy and (B) can I prolong survival and decrease morbidity once congestive heart failure (CHF) develops...

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