Clinicopathologic features, comorbid diseases, and prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in dogs with bronchomalacia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reports of clinicopathologic features of bronchomalacia (BM) differ because of inconsistent definitions and frequent prevalence of comorbid cardiopulmonary disease. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to BM is poorly described.

Objectives

Dogs with BM will be older but of any somatotype, and increased expiratory effort, ≥1 comorbid disease, and PH will be more common than in dogs without BM.

Animals

Client-owned dogs (n = 210) evaluated for respiratory signs.

Methods

Medical records of dogs with paired inspiratory: expiratory-breath-hold computed tomography, tracheobronchoscopy, or both between January 2016 and December 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. Comparisons between dogs with and without BM using Mann-Whitney rank sum or χ² test

SUBMITTER: Gamracy J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8965257 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature