Improved owner quality of life following surgical repair of canine myxomatous mitral valve disease.

Objective: To determine quality-of-life changes in owners of dogs undergoing mitral valve repair for myxomatous mitral valve disease, up to 12 months postoperatively.

Sample: Owners of 26 dogs undergoing mitral valve repair at a single UK veterinary referral hospital.

Methods: Dogs underwent mitral valve repair under cardiopulmonary bypass as previously described.

Use of the Functional Evaluation of Cardiac Health questionnaire to assess health-related quality of life before and after mitral valve repair in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease.

Objective: To determine changes in health-related quality of life up to 12 months after surgery in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease that undergo mitral valve repair.

Animals: 54 dogs that underwent mitral valve repair at a United Kingdom referral hospital.

Procedures: Health-related quality of life was assessed with a previously validated, owner-completed questionnaire before and 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after surgery.

Surgical Management of Three Dogs with an Interatrial Communication and Atrioventricular Valve Abnormalities.

• Large interatrial communications in dogs are rare. • When indicated, surgical closure of an interatrial communication is possible. • When indicated, surgical repair of the atrioventricular valve is possible.

Immunohistological Evaluation of Von Willebrand Factor in the Left Atrial Endocardium and Atrial Thrombi from Cats with Cardiomyopathy.

Aortic thromboembolism (ATE) occurs in cats with cardiomyopathy and often results in euthanasia due to poor prognosis. However, the underlying predisposing mechanisms leading to left atrial (LA) thrombus formation are not fully characterised. von Willebrand Factor (vWF) is a marker of endothelium and shows increased expression following endothelial injury.

Interventricular Septal Hematoma Associated with Surgical Mitral Valve Repair in Four Dogs.

• IVSH may occur in dogs following surgical MVR. • The cause of IVSH in dogs undergoing MVR remains unknown. • Mortality attributable to IVSH in these four dogs was 50%.

Ambulatory electrocardiographic evaluation of the occurrence of arrhythmias in healthy Salukis.

OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency and complexity of ventricular arrhythmias in a group of healthy Salukis evaluated by means of continuous Holter monitoring for 7 days. DESIGN Prospective case series. ANIMALS 25 healthy Salukis > 18 months old.

Common Arterial Trunk in a 3-Day-Old Alpaca Cria.

A 3-day-old alpaca cria presented for progressive weakness and dyspnea since birth. Complete bloodwork, thoracic radiographs, and endoscopic examination of the nasal passages and distal trachea revealed no significant findings. Echocardiogram and contrast study revealed a single artery overriding a large ventricular septal defect (VSD).

Comparison of the diuretic effect of furosemide by different methods of administration in healthy dogs.

Objective: To compare the diuretic effects of subcutaneous (s.c.) administration of furosemide to conventional methods of administration including intravenous (i.

Imaging diagnosis--acquired pectus excavatum secondary to laryngeal paralysis in a dog.

A 13-year-old neutered female Labrador retriever had inspiratory dyspnea secondary to bilateral laryngeal paralysis. Radiographically, there was pectus excavatum with a mediastinal shift to the right. Arytenoid lateralization was performed, relieving the upper respiratory obstruction, and the sternal deformity also resolved.