Factors affecting heart position

Factors affecting heart position

Hi! I’m scheduled to echo on an obese (40lb) King Charles Spaniel next week… new heart murmur, looking for MVD. Just curious… if L sided heart enlargement rotates the heart in a certain direction, how does being extremely overweight change the heart position?  Dorsally perhaps? And do CKCS do LA enlargement differently?  I vaguely recall…

Mitral Insufficiency

I would like a cardio consult on Libby. She is a 13+ year old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with Mitral Valve disease. I recently did a follow up on Libby. She had an Echo done in November 2015 and found to have advanced B2 cardiac disease. She was started on Pimobendan as per the EPIC…

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