Annina S Vischer1,2, David J Connolly3, Caroline J Coats1, Virginia Luis Fuentes3, William J McKenna4, Silvia Castelletti1,5, Antonios A Pantazis1,6. 1. Inherited Cardiovascular Disease Unit, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK. 2. Medizinische Poliklinik, Universitätsspital Basel, Switzerland. 3. Royal Veterinary College, London, UK. 4. Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College of London, London, UK. 5. Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia of Genetic Origin, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy. 6. Cardiomyopathy Service, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a myocardial disease with an increased risk for ventricular arrhythmias. The condition, which occurs in Boxer dogs, shares phenotypic features with the human disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) suggesting its potential as a natural animal model. However, there are currently no universally accepted clinical criteria to diagnose ARVC in Boxer dogs. We aimed to identify diagnostic criteria for ARVC in Boxer dogs defining a more uniform and consistent phenotype. METHODS AND RESULTS: Clinical records from 264 Boxer dogs from a referral veterinary hospital were retrospectively analysed. ARVC was initially diagnosed according to the number of ventricular premature complexes (VPCs) in the 24-hour-Holter-ECG in the absence of another obvious cause. Dogs diagnosed this way had more VPCs, polymorphic VPCs, couplets, triplets, VTs and R-on-T-phenomenon and syncope, decreased right ventricular function and dilatation in comparison to a control group of all other Boxer dogs seen by the Cardiology Service over the same period. Presence of couplets and R-on-T-phenomenon on a 24h-ECG were identified as independent predictors of the diagnosis. A diagnosis based on ≥100 VPCs in 24 hours, presence of couplets and R-on-T phenomenon on a 24h-ECG was able to select Boxer dogs with a phenotype most similar to human ACM. CONCLUSION: We suggest the diagnosis of ARVC in Boxer dogs requires two out of the three following criteria: presence of ≥ 100 VPCs, presence of couplets or R-on-T-phenomenon on a 24 h-ECG. This results in a uniform phenotype similar to that described in human ACM and may result in the adoption of the term ACM for this analogous condition in Boxer dogs.
BACKGROUND: Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a myocardial disease with an increased risk for ventricular arrhythmias. The condition, which occurs in Boxer dogs, shares phenotypic features with the human disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) suggesting its potential as a natural animal model. However, there are currently no universally accepted clinical criteria to diagnose ARVC in Boxer dogs. We aimed to identify diagnostic criteria for ARVC in Boxer dogs defining a more uniform and consistent phenotype. METHODS AND RESULTS: Clinical records from 264 Boxer dogs from a referral veterinary hospital were retrospectively analysed. ARVC was initially diagnosed according to the number of ventricular premature complexes (VPCs) in the 24-hour-Holter-ECG in the absence of another obvious cause. Dogs diagnosed this way had more VPCs, polymorphic VPCs, couplets, triplets, VTs and R-on-T-phenomenon and syncope, decreased right ventricular function and dilatation in comparison to a control group of all other Boxer dogs seen by the Cardiology Service over the same period. Presence of couplets and R-on-T-phenomenon on a 24h-ECG were identified as independent predictors of the diagnosis. A diagnosis based on ≥100 VPCs in 24 hours, presence of couplets and R-on-T phenomenon on a 24h-ECG was able to select Boxer dogs with a phenotype most similar to human ACM. CONCLUSION: We suggest the diagnosis of ARVC in Boxer dogs requires two out of the three following criteria: presence of ≥ 100 VPCs, presence of couplets or R-on-T-phenomenon on a 24 h-ECG. This results in a uniform phenotype similar to that described in human ACM and may result in the adoption of the term ACM for this analogous condition in Boxer dogs.
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Holter electrocardiography; arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy; ventricular tachycardia
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