Atrial fibrillation is the most common supraventricular arrhythmia in the dog and is most frequently observed in animals with cardiac disease associated with remodelling of the left atrium. Increased body weight is a risk factor for the development of this arrhythmia, whereas sex and age do not, differently from humans. The development of atrial fibrillation is a negative prognostic factor in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease and dilated cardiomyopathy associated with congestive heart failure. Treatment of canine atrial fibrillation aims at reducing the heart rate, because arrhythmia is usually long-standing persistent or permanent, and restoration of a stable sinus rhythm can be difficult.

Carlo Guglielmini, Giovanni Romito (2023). Atrial fibrillation in the dog. SUMMA ANIMALI DA COMPAGNIA, 9, 1-10.

Atrial fibrillation in the dog

Giovanni Romito
Secondo
2023

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation is the most common supraventricular arrhythmia in the dog and is most frequently observed in animals with cardiac disease associated with remodelling of the left atrium. Increased body weight is a risk factor for the development of this arrhythmia, whereas sex and age do not, differently from humans. The development of atrial fibrillation is a negative prognostic factor in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease and dilated cardiomyopathy associated with congestive heart failure. Treatment of canine atrial fibrillation aims at reducing the heart rate, because arrhythmia is usually long-standing persistent or permanent, and restoration of a stable sinus rhythm can be difficult.
2023
Carlo Guglielmini, Giovanni Romito (2023). Atrial fibrillation in the dog. SUMMA ANIMALI DA COMPAGNIA, 9, 1-10.
Carlo Guglielmini; Giovanni Romito
File in questo prodotto:
Eventuali allegati, non sono esposti

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11585/953495
 Attenzione

Attenzione! I dati visualizzati non sono stati sottoposti a validazione da parte dell'ateneo

Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact