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Effect of angiotensin receptor blockers and angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 on plasma equilibrium angiotensin peptide concentrations in cats with heart disease by Huh, Terry, Larouche‐Lebel, Éva, Loughran, Kerry A., Oyama, Mark A.

“…Background Little is known about the effect of renin angiotensin aldosterone system‐inhibiting (RAASi) drugs on alternative angiotensin peptides (APs) such as…”
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The use of focused cardiac ultrasound to screen for occult heart disease in asymptomatic cats by Loughran, Kerry A., Rush, John E., Rozanski, Elizabeth A., Oyama, Mark A., Larouche‐Lebel, Éva, Kraus, Marc S.

“…Background Focused cardiac ultrasound (FCU) helps detect occult heart disease in human patients. Hypothesis Focused cardiac ultrasound by a nonspecialist…”
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Effect of angiotensin receptor blockers and angiotensin converting enzyme 2 on plasma equilibrium angiotensin peptide concentrations in dogs with heart disease by Larouche‐Lebel, Éva, Loughran, Kerry A., Huh, Terry, Oyama, Mark A.

“…Background The pathophysiology of heart failure involves maladaptive angiotensin peptides (APs) and enzymes, including angiotensin 2 (AT2) and angiotensin…”
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Metabolomics Analysis Reveals Deranged Energy Metabolism and Amino Acid Metabolic Reprogramming in Dogs With Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease by Li, Qinghong, Larouche-Lebel, Éva, Loughran, Kerry A, Huh, Terry P, Suchodolski, Jan S, Oyama, Mark A

“…Background Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD), a naturally occurring heart disease, affects 10% to 15% of the canine population. Canine MMVD shares many…”
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Urine sodium concentration after intravenous furosemide in dogs with acute congestive heart failure and correlation with treatment efficacy by Convey, Victoria, Huh, Terry, Achilles, Erin J., Massey, Laura K., McKaba, Victoria F., Loughran, Kerry A., Kraus, Marc S., Gelzer, Anna R., Crooks, Alexandra V., Oyama, Mark A.

“…Background Poor natriuresis is a potential marker of diuretic resistance in dogs with acute congestive heart failure (CHF) but little is known about the…”
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Utility of focused cardiac ultrasonography training in veterinary students to differentiate stages of subclinical myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs by Huh, Terry, Achilles, Erin J., Massey, Laura K., Loughran, Kerry A., Larouche‐Lebel, Éva, Convey, Victoria, McKaba, Victoria F., Crooks, Alexandra, Kraus, Marc S., Gelzer, Anna R., Oyama, Mark A.

“…Background Differentiation of the subclinical phases of myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) in dogs relies heavily on echocardiography. Focused cardiac…”
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Plasma and tissue angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 activity and plasma equilibrium concentrations of angiotensin peptides in dogs with heart disease by Larouche‐Lebel, Éva, Loughran, Kerry A., Oyama, Mark A., Solter, Phil F., Laughlin, Danielle S., Sánchez, Melissa D., Assenmacher, Charles‐Antoine, Fox, Philip R., Fries, Ryan C.

“…Background Angiotensin‐converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is a homologue of angiotensin‐converting enzyme (ACE) and produces angiotensin peptides (APs), such as…”
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Gut Dysbiosis and Its Associations with Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolites in Dogs with Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease by Li, Qinghong, Larouche-Lebel, Éva, Loughran, Kerry A, Huh, Terry P, Suchodolski, Jan S, Oyama, Mark A

“…Gut dysbiosis and gut microbiota-derived metabolites, including bile acid (BA), short-chain fatty acid, and trimethylamine -oxide (TMAO), are associated with…”
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Circulating exosome microRNA associated with heart failure secondary to myxomatous mitral valve disease in a naturally occurring canine model by Yang, Vicky K., Loughran, Kerry A., Meola, Dawn M., Juhr, Christine M., Thane, Kristen E., Davis, Airiel M., Hoffman, Andrew M.

“…Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is functionally and histologically identical to mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in humans. Currently, there are no medical…”
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Comparative pathology of human and canine myxomatous mitral valve degeneration: 5HT and TGF-β mechanisms by Oyama, Mark A., Elliott, Chad, Loughran, Kerry A., Kossar, Alexander P., Castillero, Estibaliz, Levy, Robert J., Ferrari, Giovanni

“…Myxomatous mitral valve degeneration (MMVD) is a leading cause of valve repair or replacement secondary to the production of mitral regurgitation, cardiac…”
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Echocardiographic indices and severity of mitral regurgitation in dogs with preclinical degenerative mitral valve disease by Larouche‐Lebel, Éva, Loughran, Kerry A., Oyama, Mark A.

“…Background Describing severity of mitral regurgitation (MR) in dogs with degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD) is challenging. Hypothesis/Objectives Mitral…”
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Observed and expected reliability of echocardiographic volumetric methods and critical change values for quantification of mitral regurgitant fraction in dogs by Loughran, Kerry A, Kraus, Marc S, Achilles, Erin J, Huh, Terry, Larouche-Lebel, Éva, Massey, Laura K, Gelzer, Anna R, Oyama, Mark A

“…Reliability of echocardiographic calculations for stroke volume and mitral regurgitant fraction (RF ) are affected by observer variability and lack of a gold…”
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Prediction and measurement of diuretic responsiveness after oral administration of furosemide to healthy dogs and dogs with congestive heart failure by Loughran, Kerry A., Larouche‐Lebel, Éva, Huh, Terry, Testani, Jeffrey M., Rao, Veena S., Oyama, Mark A.

“…Background In human patients, cumulative urine volume (uVol) and urine sodium (uNa) can be predicted using spot urine samples and these quantitative measures…”
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Gut Dysbiosis and Its Associations with Gut Microbiota-Derived Metabolites in Dogs with Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease by Li, Qinghong, Larouche-Lebel, Éva, Loughran, Kerry A., Huh, Terry P., Suchodolski, Jan S., Oyama, Mark A.

“…Gut dysbiosis and gut microbiota-derived metabolites, including bile acid (BA), short-chain fatty acid, and trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), are associated with…”
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Reproducibility of geometric and flow-based echocardiographic measurements used for quantification of left ventricular total and forward stroke volume in healthy dogs by Loughran, K.A., Larouche-Lebel, É., Huh, T.P., Kraus, M.S., Oyama, M.A.

“…Cardiac structure and function in dogs are commonly assessed using echocardiography. A variety of linear, area, and flow-based measurements can be used to…”
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