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Table 1 Population study and clinical findings in the examined groups

From: A comparison of the histopathologic pattern of the left atrium in canine dilated cardiomyopathy and chronic mitral valve disease

 

DCM group

CMVD group

p-value

n = 16

n = 15

age (median; range) [years]

9 (4–11)

15 (8–19)

<0.001

weight (median; range) [kg]

31 (30–45)

11 (5–25)

<0.001

arrhythmia (n)

16

4a

 

 atrial fibrillation (n)

15

1

 

 ventricular tachycardia (n)

1

-

 

 atrial premature complexes (n)

-

2

 

 ventricular premature complexes (n)

-

2

 

LA/Ao (mean ± SD)

3.14 ± 0.31

2.44 ± 0.71

0.08

  1. LA/Ao left-atrial-to-aorta ratio, SD standard deviation
  2. aone dog showing both single atrial premature complexes and ventricular premature complexes