COMPARATIVE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF DOGS WITH MIXOMATOUS DEGENERATION OF THE MITRAL VALVE, DEPENDENTON THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF PULMONARY EDEMA,CONSECUTIVELY INDEXED BY THE LINEAR AND WEIGHT IDEALIZING AORTIC SIZE

Echocardiographic dimensions of 20 dogs with myxomatous degeneration of the mitral valve were comparedin this paper. The patients were decided into two groups depending on the presence or absence of pulmonaryedema. ERIs were obtained after consecutive indexing of Aom and Aow. In the indexing of Aom wereceived significant differences for aLA***, aLVODd** and aΔA**. In the indexing of Aow we received significantdifferences for more ERIs (wLA***, wLVODd**, wLVODs*, wΔA** and wWAd*).