Prevalence and diagnostic characteristics of non-clinical mitral regurgitation murmurs in North American Whippets

摘要

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of functional ejection murmurs and murmurs of mitral regurgitation (MR) due to myxomatous mitral valve disease in healthy whippets; to assess the diagnostic value of auscultation to detect MR; and investigate the relationship between age and presence of echocardiographically documented MR (MRecho). Animals: A total of 200 healthy client-owned Whippets, recruited at national shows between 2005 and 2009 were involved in this study.