Canine obesity results in diastolic dysfunction and left ventricular hypertrophy, the latter of which improves with significant weight and fat mass reduction – according to a study published in BMCVetRes.
value was not adjusted for multiple comparisons, which may itself be a further limitation of the study. Secondly, the small number of study dogs led us to use nonparametric tests, but by doing so the power to detect changes with weight reduction might have been further reduced.
A final limitation is that we did not perform follow-up echocardiography during the weight maintenance period, which might have helped assess for any further reverse remodelling or improved diastolic function.The results of the current study confirm that LV remodelling is a common echocardiographic feature in dogs with obesity, with evidence of reverse remodelling following weight reduction.
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