title: Prognostic Value of Right Ventricular Tei Index in Dogs with Myxomatous Mitral Valvular Heart Disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The right ventricular (RV) Tei index (TX) has a significant correlation with the severity of pulmonary hypertension. However, the role of RV dysfunction in dogs with myxomatous mitral valvular heart disease (MMVD) has not been addressed.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the correlation between right ventricular Tei-index (RVTX) and the prognosis for dogs with MMVD.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty client-owned dogs with MMVD.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical cohort study. Dogs were divided into two groups on the basis of the onset of cardiac-related death within 1 year of the first echocardiographic examination. Physical examination and echocardiographic variables were compared between the groups. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves and multivariate logistic analysis were used to assess the comparative accuracy when identifying dogs with cardiac-related death.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The highest accuracy was obtained for RVTX with an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.95 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.81-0.99) followed by the left atrial to aortic root ratio with an AUC of 0.91 (95% CI 0.74-0.98), peak early diastolic mitral inflow velocity with an AUC of 0.84 (95% CI 0.64-0.94), and Doppler estimates of systolic pulmonary artery pressure with an AUC of 0.84 (95% CI 0.61-0.95). According to the multivariate logistic regression analysis, RVTX was the only independent correlate of cardiac-related death within 1 year.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Right ventricular Tei-index has a strong correlation with the prognosis for dogs with MMVD. The most significant independent predictor of death was RVTX in this study.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osuga
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morishita
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takiguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right
keywords: Echocardiography; Myocardial performance index; Pulmonary hypertension; Right heart function