[Epidemiological, clinical, echo-doppler characteristics of mitral valve endocardiosis in Cavalier King Charles in France: a retrospective study of 451 cases (1995 to 2003)].
A study performed on 451 Cavalier King Charles showed that 40.6% of dogs had a left apical systolic heart murmur, whose prevalence increased with age (> 11-year-old, 100%), but was not different between males and females. Mitral valve endocardiosis represented 93.3% of the ultrasonographic abnormalities.
Chetboul
Valérie
V
Unité de Cardiologie d'Alfort, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, 7, avenue du Général de Gaulle 94, 704 Maisons-Alfort Cedex, France. vchetboul@vet-alfort.fr
Tissier
Renaud
R
Villaret
Florence
F
Nicolle
Audrey
A
Déan
Eric
E
Benalloul
Thierry
T
Pouchelon
Jean-Louis
JL
D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010375:Pedigree; D015995:Prevalence; D011996:Records / Q000662:veterinary; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography