Why the study?
Do plasma cTnI and NT-proBNP concentrations correlate with the severity of congenital ventricular outflow tract stenosis in dogs?
Population
38 dogs (10 healthy controls, 15 with pulmonic stenosis, 13 with aortic stenosis)
Comparison
Measurement of plasma cardiac troponin I and… vs Healthy control dogs
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Cardiac biomarkers in canine stenosis need validation; leaves open clinical utility pending larger prospective studies.
Do plasma cTnI and NT-proBNP concentrations correlate with the severity of congenital ventricular outflow tract stenosis in dogs?
Plasma cTnI and NT-proBNP concentrations correlate with echocardiographic severity of congenital ventricular outflow tract stenosis in dogs, suggesting utility for disease monitoring.
Kim et al. (2016) studied this question.
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