The Mitral INsufficiency Echocardiographic score: A severity classification of myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs.

The MINE score is a new easy-to-use echocardiographic classification of severity of MMVD, which has been proven to be clinically effective as it is associated with survival. This classification provides prognostic information and could be useful for an objective echocardiographic assessment of MMVD.