Peripheral blood lymphocyte subtypes in dogs with different stages of myxomatous mitral valve disease.
Natalia DruzhaevaAlenka Nemec SveteAlojz IhanKatka PoharAleksandra Domanjko PetričPublished in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2021)
The percentages of CD3+CD4+ and CD3+CD8+ PBL and CD4+/CD8+ ratio were altered in MMVD dogs with congestive heart failure (ACVIM C, D), but not in ACVIM B2, suggesting involvement of these PBL subtypes in the pathogenesis of congestive heart failure in dogs with MMVD.