What question did this study set out to answer?

To update the 2009 consensus guidelines for diagnosing and treating canine myxomatous mitral valve disease across diagnostic, medical, surgical, and dietary domains.

April 12, 2019SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

ACVIM consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs

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Why the study?

To revise the 2009 ACVIM guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs given substantial changes in management before heart failure onset and new diagnostic and treatment strategies.

Key Points

To update the 2009 consensus guidelines for diagnosing and treating canine myxomatous mitral valve disease across diagnostic, medical, surgical, and dietary domains.
Convened an ACVIM Specialty of Cardiology consensus panel to evaluate published literature.
Graded the strength of diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations according to the quantity and quality of available scientific evidence.
Established substantially revised management strategies for dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease prior to the development of overt clinical signs of heart failure.
Formulated updated diagnostic criteria and therapeutic protocols specifically addressing advanced heart failure and secondary pulmonary hypertension.

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Population

Dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD, also known as endocardiosis and degenerative or chronic valvular heart disease)

Intervention

Diagnostic, medical, surgical, and dietary treatment recommendations

Provides updated consensus recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs.

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Implication

Guideline updates should now direct revised pre-clinical MMVD management and advanced HF strategies in dogs; extends prior consensus recommendations.

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Keene et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d6f33641375cf86eed8d66 https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.15488

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Heart failure HFrEF treatment Mitral valve intervention

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Implication

Guideline updates should now direct revised pre-clinical MMVD management and advanced HF strategies in dogs; extends prior consensus recommendations.

ACVIM consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs

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ACVIM consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs

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