Key result
Intensive care with antidiuretics, vasodilators, and oxygen followed by ACE inhibitor therapy successfully stabilized a 5-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with severe mitral valve prolapse.
Why the study?
Does medical management with diuretics, vasodilators, and ACE inhibitors improve symptoms and survival in a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with severe mitral valve prolapse?
Case Report (n=1)
No
Does medical management with diuretics, vasodilators, and ACE inhibitors improve symptoms and survival in a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with severe mitral valve prolapse?
Intensive medical management followed by ACE inhibitor therapy can effectively stabilize and prolong survival in dogs with severe mitral valve prolapse and congestive heart failure.
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May support medical stabilization in canine mitral prolapse; leaves open need for controlled trials before broader adoption.
A 5 year-old spayed female Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was presented after a 3- to 5-day onset of severe respiratory distress. The dog also had a history of several episodes of syncope prior to presentation. A comprehensive diagnostic investigation revealed a midsystolic click sound on cardiac auscultation, signs of left sided cardiac enlargement in ECG and thoracic radiography, mitral valvular leaflet protrusion into left the atrium, decreased E-point-to septal separation (EPSS) and mitral regurgitated flow in echocardiography, all of which are characteristic signs of mitral valvular prolapse. After intensive care with diuretics [corrected] and a vasodilator with oxygen supplement, the condition of the dog was stabilized. The dog was then released and is being medicated with angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with regular follow-up.
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Changbaig Hyun (2005) conducted a case report in Mitral valve prolapse with severe mitral regurgitation (n=1). Intensive care (furosemide, sodium nitroprusside, oxygen) followed by ACE inhibitor was evaluated on Clinical stabilization and resolution of respiratory distress. Intensive care with antidiuretics, vasodilators, and oxygen followed by ACE inhibitor therapy successfully stabilized a 5-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with severe mitral valve prolapse.
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