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Detection of Myocardial Dysfunction in Dogs and Cats with Heart Disease

A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381). This special issue belongs to the section "Veterinary Internal Medicine".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 7055

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Dr. Ryohei Suzuki

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Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan
Interests: veterinary medicine; echocardiography; speckle tracking; cardiology; mitral valve disease; pulmonary hypertension; cardiomyopathy; congestive heart failure
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Dear Colleagues,

The myocardial function is important in dogs and cats with heart disease, especially in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease who develop myocardial dysfunction at the congestive heart failure stage conjunction with hemodynamic dysfunction. Cardiomyopathy in dogs and cats is thought to be primarily caused by myocardial lesions, possibly involving the deterioration of the myocardial function. To date, various echocardiographic applications, including tissue Doppler, and newly developed speckle tracking techniques capable of quantifying the myocardial function have been demonstrated in dogs and cats with heart disease. Additionally, cardiac biomarkers, including natriuretic peptide and troponin measurements, have also begun to spread, these indices possibly being useful tools for the detection of myocardial dysfunction in dogs and cats.

This Special Issue aims to focus on myocardial function in dogs and cats with heart disease, welcoming original research articles, reviews, and case reports. Research areas may include, but are not limited to, the following: cardiology, echocardiography, electrocardiography, cardiac biomarkers, newly developed cardiology diagnostic tools, cardiac physiology, cardiovascular pharmacology, and comparative pathology.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Ryohei Suzuki
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • echocardiography
  • electrocardiography
  • cardiac biomarker
  • myocardial function
  • mitral valve disease
  • cardiomyopathy
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • congenital heart disease
  • congestive heart failure
  • arrhythmias

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A Case of a Small-Breed Dog with Diet-Related Dilated Cardiomyopathy Showing Marked Improvements in Cardiac Morphology and Function after Dietary Modification
by Takahiro Saito, Ryohei Suzuki, Yunosuke Yuchi, Yuyo Yasumura, Takahiro Teshima, Hirotaka Matsumoto and Hidekazu Koyama
Vet. Sci. 2022, 9(11), 593; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9110593 - 27 Oct 2022
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An 11-year-old intact female Papillion weighing 2.1 kg was referred to our institution with the main complaint of shallow, rapid breathing. At the first visit (day 0), although clinical signs improved due to the use of medication from the primary hospital, transthoracic radiography [...] Read more.
An 11-year-old intact female Papillion weighing 2.1 kg was referred to our institution with the main complaint of shallow, rapid breathing. At the first visit (day 0), although clinical signs improved due to the use of medication from the primary hospital, transthoracic radiography and echocardiography revealed left heart enlargement and left ventricular dysfunction. A clinical diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) was made and oral administration of pimobendan, temocapril, and taurine was initiated. However, on day 10, the respiratory status worsened and furosemide was prescribed. On day 54, no significant improvement in heart size was observed. Additionally, the diet that this patient received met the recommendation for diet-related DCM by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the patient’s diet was changed from a grain-free diet to a grain-containing diet. On day 1191, the patient’s respiratory status was stable and no clinical signs were observed. Transthoracic radiography and echocardiography revealed an improvement in left heart size. Additionally, improvements in the left and right ventricular myocardial strains were observed after changing the diet. We suggest that it may be necessary to suspect a dietary association with dilated cardiomyopathy, and a good prognosis might be expected by dietary modification, even in small-breed dogs. Full article
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