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2018, N 3 (33) |
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VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL INDUSTRIES
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Zhulikova O.A. |
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The effect of beta-blockers on echocardiographic parameters in dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy |
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IDiseases of the cardiovascular system are currently the most common pathologies of dogs, leading to their death. The defeat of the cardiovascular system causes a change in the state of the body as a whole and in individual organs. Among diseases of the cardiovascular system in dogs is most frequently registered dilated cardiomyopathy. However, it is often for a long time occur in a hidden form, which is not clinically evident and does not cause alertness in dog owners, in this regard, animals get to specialists during the development of decompensation of heart failure
The article describes the General scheme of treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy of dogs in the stages of compensation and decompensation with the use of beta-blockers "Anaprilin" and "Concor", an assessment of their impact on hemodynamics, studied echocardiographic parameters of the heart before and during treatment. The study was conducted on the basis of the veterinary clinic "will Amullet" in the city of Blagoveshchensk in Amur region. As a result of the study, the use of beta-blockers has not proved their effectiveness in the long-term complex therapy of dilated cardiomyopathy of dogs in the compensation stage without the development of life-threatening arrhythmias. In the stage of decompensation, the use of beta-blockers is justified only in the presence of hemodynamically significant arrhythmias, in the long term, they cause deterioration of cardiac output and progression of congestive heart failure. The most positive effect was shown by the treatment according to the standard scheme with the use of the beta-blocker "Concor".
Keywords: DCM – DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; LV – LEFT VENTRICLE; PV–EJECTION FRACTION; FU – SHORTENING FRACTION |