1Department of Surgery and Radiology;
2Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, College of Veterinary Sciences.
Lata Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana)
*Corresponding author; E-mail: rosepraveen1985@gmail.com
Online published on 13 March, 2013.
Echocardiographic assessment of mitral valve was done in four Spitz dogs aged more than 10 yr using two-dimensional, M-mode and colour flow Doppler echocardiography. All the dogs were diagnosed with chronic valvular heart disease. Mitral valve prolapse was present in all the dogs and mitral regurgitation in two dogs. Echocardiographic indices were calculated. Colour flow Doppler echocardiography was found more sensitive and specific for diagnosis of mitral valve prolapse and regurgitation.
Chronic valvular heart disease, Dogs, Echocardiography
