Echocardiographic Estimates of Right Ventricular Systolic Function in Dogs with Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease.
E H ChapelBrian A ScansenK E SchoberJ D BonaguraPublished in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2017)
Right ventricular systolic function differs between stages of MMVD, increasing in stage B2, and declining in stage C. The prognostic importance of RV function indices, particularly TAPSE, might be worth evaluating in dogs with MMVD.