Risk of arrhythmias in dogs with structural heart disease
ABSTRACT: Presently, pet life expectancy is becoming longer and several diseases inherent to age have been diagnosed, with heart disease being a frequent finding. Although various heart diseases have different pathophysiologies, many morphological and hemodynamic changes can predispose patients to a...
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| author | Diana A. Mendonça Jonimar P. Paiva Fabiana Knackfuss Alexandre Bendas Bruno Alberigi |
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| description | ABSTRACT: Presently, pet life expectancy is becoming longer and several diseases inherent to age have been diagnosed, with heart disease being a frequent finding. Although various heart diseases have different pathophysiologies, many morphological and hemodynamic changes can predispose patients to arrhythmias. The presence of arrhythmias can worsen the underlying heart disease and predispose patients to develop new alterations, making arrhythmia detection important for establishing adequate therapeutic protocols and a better prognosis. The present study aimed to determine the arrhythmias most frequently found in dogs treated at the Cardiology and Respiratory Diseases Service (SCDR) of the Small Animals Sector of the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), during the period from January to 2014 to December 2017, relating them to sex, age group, size, and the presence or absence of heart disease. A total of 586 medical records of dogs treated with SCDR-UFRRJ were retrospectively evaluated. Of these, 15.4% had arrhythmias, 95.6% had diagnoses of heart disease, 61.1% (55/90) were diagnosed with mitral valve disease, and 27.8% (25/90) had dilated cardiomyopathies. The most frequent rhythm disturbances were premature ventricular complexes associated with chronic degenerative mitral valve disease or dilated cardiomyopathy. Statistical analysis confirmed the risk of a cardiac patient developing rhythm or conduction alterations (OR, 4.46; p = 0.0003). In conclusion, the pathophysiology of heart failure can lead to the development of rhythm and conduction disorders. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1f5c92d60fcc4cccbdb9700c50735c142022-12-22T04:26:00ZengColégio Brasileiro de Patologia Animal (CBPA)Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira1678-51502022-09-014210.1590/1678-5150-pvb-7153Risk of arrhythmias in dogs with structural heart diseaseDiana A. Mendonçahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2022-7072Jonimar P. Paivahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3749-7597Fabiana Knackfusshttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4560-1339Alexandre Bendashttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4320-9923Bruno Alberigihttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5707-2203ABSTRACT: Presently, pet life expectancy is becoming longer and several diseases inherent to age have been diagnosed, with heart disease being a frequent finding. Although various heart diseases have different pathophysiologies, many morphological and hemodynamic changes can predispose patients to arrhythmias. The presence of arrhythmias can worsen the underlying heart disease and predispose patients to develop new alterations, making arrhythmia detection important for establishing adequate therapeutic protocols and a better prognosis. The present study aimed to determine the arrhythmias most frequently found in dogs treated at the Cardiology and Respiratory Diseases Service (SCDR) of the Small Animals Sector of the Veterinary Hospital of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), during the period from January to 2014 to December 2017, relating them to sex, age group, size, and the presence or absence of heart disease. A total of 586 medical records of dogs treated with SCDR-UFRRJ were retrospectively evaluated. Of these, 15.4% had arrhythmias, 95.6% had diagnoses of heart disease, 61.1% (55/90) were diagnosed with mitral valve disease, and 27.8% (25/90) had dilated cardiomyopathies. The most frequent rhythm disturbances were premature ventricular complexes associated with chronic degenerative mitral valve disease or dilated cardiomyopathy. Statistical analysis confirmed the risk of a cardiac patient developing rhythm or conduction alterations (OR, 4.46; p = 0.0003). In conclusion, the pathophysiology of heart failure can lead to the development of rhythm and conduction disorders.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-736X2022000100409&tlng=enArrhythmiasdogsheart |
| spellingShingle | Diana A. Mendonça Jonimar P. Paiva Fabiana Knackfuss Alexandre Bendas Bruno Alberigi Risk of arrhythmias in dogs with structural heart disease Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira Arrhythmias dogs heart |
| title | Risk of arrhythmias in dogs with structural heart disease |
| title_full | Risk of arrhythmias in dogs with structural heart disease |
| title_fullStr | Risk of arrhythmias in dogs with structural heart disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Risk of arrhythmias in dogs with structural heart disease |
| title_short | Risk of arrhythmias in dogs with structural heart disease |
| title_sort | risk of arrhythmias in dogs with structural heart disease |
| topic | Arrhythmias dogs heart |
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