Left ventricular myocardial remodeling in dogs with mitral valve endocardiosis.

Background And Aim: Left ventricular myocardial remodeling could play an important role in the progression of chronic heart failure (CHF) syndrome in dogs with mitral valve endocardiosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the left ventricular myocardial remodeling in dogs with mitral valve endocardiosis and to study the dependence of the incidence of this pathological phenomenon on the functional class (FC) of progression of the CHF syndrome.

Materials And Methods: A total of 108 afflicted dogs and 36 clinically healthy dogs were examined using transthoracic echocardiography.