Signalment, clinical characteristics, and echocardiographic findings in dogs affected by secondary atrial fibrillation with and without concomitant frequent and complex ventricular arrhythmias
In dogs with secondary AF, VAs are usually present and are frequently of clinical relevance according to their Lown-Wolf grade. However, signalment, clinical presentation, and conventional echocardiographic data do not reliably distinguish dogs with frequent VPCs or complex VAs from those without, reinforcing the indispensable role of 24-h Holter monitoring for the accurate assessment of these subjects.
Authors
- Carlotta Valente (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0189-7812)
- N. G. Pelle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6506-4078)
- Helen Poser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2323-7708)
- Paola Paradies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8820-1453)
- Barbara Contiero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6586-5035)
- Alessandra Recchia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2722-4835)
- M. Fogli
- Chiara Riccio
- Chiara Mazzoldi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3871-4150)
- Carlo Guglielmini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7575-3646)
- Giulia Arcuri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5674-0112)
- Fabio Testa
- Giovanni Romito
Institutions
- University of Padua (IT)
- Associação Brasileira de Oncologia Veterinária (BR)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
- University of Bologna (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2026.1751348
- Primary Topic
- Cardiovascular Conditions and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Università degli Studi di Padova