CANINE MITRAL VALVE DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE

The treatment has been re-orientated as a result of the good results of valve repair. Causes can be grouped into . organic, ischemic and functional . and within these groups acute or chronic disease may occur. Organic MI covers all aetiologies in which leaflet abnormality is the primary cause of the disease, in opposition to ischaemic and functional MR, in which MR is the secondary consequence ... ................
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