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Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease (view source)
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===Diagnosis===
===Diagnosis===
===History===
===History===
*Exercise Intolerance
*Cough
* Dyspnoea
*Suden death due to left atrial tear and pulmonary oedema
===Clinical Signs===
===Clinical Signs===
* Left apical Systollic Murmur
* Left sided Congestive heart failure
**Pale Mucous membranes
** Prolonged Capillary refill time (CRT)
** Prolonged Jugular filling time
** Pulmonary crackles / evidence of pulmonary oedema
** Cool extremities
** Loss of sinus tacchycardia
** Cardiac arrhythmias e.g. Atrial fibrilation, Atrial premature complexes
===Diagnostic imaging===
===Diagnostic imaging===
====Radiography====
*Cardiomegaly with dirsal displacement of the trachea
*Pulmonary Venous Congestion (Enlarged pulmonary Arteries and Veins)
* Pulmonary Oedema
Evidence of Right sided congestive heart failure maybe evident in severe cases e.g. distended caudal vena cava, hepatomegaly, ascites, pleural effusions.
===Laboratory Tests===
===Laboratory Tests===