Improving Life for Dogs with Heart Disease

Degenerative mitral valve disease is the most common heart disease affecting dogs, and the prevalence of the disease increases with increasing age, so that nearly all older and small breed dogs are affected to some degree. Darcy Adin D.V.M. Clinical Professor of Cardiology, department of large animal clinical sciences, University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine, discusses how ongoing research at UF aims to enhance treatments aimed at improving the lives of dogs living with heart disease.