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→Mucoid Degeneration in the Heart Valves of the Dog
*** A condition specific to the dog.
*** A condition specific to the dog.
====Mucoid Degeneration in the Heart Valves of the Dog====
====Endocardiosis====
* Tends to affects middle-aged and older dogs.
* Tends to affects middle-aged and older dogs.
* Primarily occurs in the mitral valve.
* Primarily occurs in the mitral valve.
* Results in slowly developing heart failure
* Results in slowly developing heart failure
**The valves are swollen and misshapen, so the heart cannot pump blood effectively to the circulation from the left ventricle. *** A substantial proportion of the blood passes back into the left atrium, compromising the filling from the pulmonary vein. **** Leads to back pressure on the pulmonary capillaries with oedema formation in the lungs.
**The valves are swollen and misshapen, so the heart cannot pump blood effectively to the circulation from the left ventricle. *** A substantial proportion of the blood passes back into the left atrium, compromising the filling from the pulmonary vein. **** Leads to back pressure on the pulmonary capillaries with oedema formation in the lungs.