COMPARATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE DOGS WITH MYXOMATOUS MITRAL VALVE DISEASE – STAGE B (B1+B2)

Abstract

Female and male dogs respond differently to cardiac volume overload as a result of stage B (B1+B2) Myxomatous mitral valve disease. The differences are more strongly related to the thickness of the heart walls in systole and diastole and less to the left ventricular internal diameter. They are similar to the differences found between women and men in people with low-grade mitral regurgitation.