Vegetative Mitral Valve Regurgitation Caused by Infective Endocarditis in a Maltese Dog

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A 3-year-old intact female Maltese dog (2.5 kg of body weight) with the primary complaint of sudden onsetof heart murmur, depression and anorexia was refered to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital of Kangwon NationalUniversity. The dog was febrile with marked leukocytosis and left apical VI/VI holosystolic murmurs. The electrocar-diogram implied the left ventricular enlargement. Diagnostic imaging studies revealed left atrial and ventricular dilation,severe vegetations on mitral valvular cusps with concurrent mitral regurgitation. Based on findings from clinical anddiagnostic investigation, the case was diagnosed as vegetative mitral valvular regurgitation caused by infective endocarditis.antithrombotics.

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