The Denver Dog Magazine – Canine Mitral Valve Disease
By Allison Heaney, Board Certified Cardiologist at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital Degeneration of the mitral valve leaflet is the most common heart disease in dogs. It is estimated that 75% of canine patients presented to a cardiologist have degeneration of their mitral valve. Correspondingly, 75% of dogs that develop congestive heart failure do so because […]



