Prolonged survival with mitral valve plasty for acute mitral regurgitation due to mitral valve dysplasia and chordal rupture in a young small dog: A case report.

Unlabelled: : We aimed to report the second case of mitral valve plasty (MVP) for acute mitral regurgitation (MR) due to mitral valve dysplasia in a young small dog.

Case Description: A 5-month-old female Jack Russell, weighing 3.5 kg, presented with dyspnea and collapse upon excitation.

Simultaneous surgical repair of a cardiac myxoma causing left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and a ventricular septal defect in a small dog.

Background: Cardiac myxomas are benign tumours that can occur in any heart chamber or valve. They are extremely rare in dogs. We present a novel case involving a cardiac myxoma in the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) and a ventricular septal defect (VSD) in a small dog.

Clinical outcome of canine cardiopulmonary resuscitation following the RECOVER clinical guidelines at a Japanese nighttime animal hospital.

A set of evidence-based consensus guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in dogs and cats (RECOVER guidelines) was published in 2012. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical outcomes of CPR performed according to those guidelines in dogs. A total of 141 dogs with cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) were identified and underwent CPR between January 2012 and December 2015 at the Sapporo Nighttime Animal Hospital.

Treatment of severe mitral regurgitation caused by lesions in both leaflets using multiple mitral valve plasty techniques in a small dog.

Mitral valve plasty (MVP) is preferred over mitral valve replacement (MVR) for mitral regurgitation in humans because of its favorable effect on quality of life. In small dogs, it is difficult to repair multiple lesions in both leaflets using MVP. Herein, we report a case of severe mitral regurgitation caused by multiple severe lesions in the posterior leaflet (PL) in a mixed Chihuahua.

Plethysmography variability index for prediction of fluid responsiveness during graded haemorrhage and transfusion in sevoflurane-anaesthetized mechanically ventilated dogs.

Objective: To examine the accuracy of plethysmography variability index (PVI) as a noninvasive indicator of fluid responsiveness in hypovolaemic dogs.

Study Design: Prospective experimental study.

Animals: Six adult healthy sevoflurane-anaesthetized Beagle dogs.