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Factors affecting heart position
Hi! I’m scheduled to echo on an obese (40lb) King Charles Spaniel next week… new heart murmur, looking for MVD. Just curious… if L sided heart enlargement rotates the heart in a certain direction, how does being extremely overweight change the heart position? Dorsally perhaps? And do CKCS do LA enlargement differently? I vaguely recall…
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Mitral Insufficiency
I would like a cardio consult on Libby. She is a 13+ year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with Mitral Valve disease. I recently did a follow up on Libby. She had an Echo done in November 2015 and found to have advanced B2 cardiac disease. She was started on Pimobendan as per the EPIC…