Questions validity of study on periodontal disease and cardiovascular events in dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 234, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1525-1526

  Peddle, Gordon D ^a   Sleeper, Meg M ^a   Kittleson, Mark D ^b   Pion, Paul ^c   Rishniw, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERINARY INFORMATION NETWORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DENTAL CARE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NOTE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENTAL CARE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67651025199     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.234.12.1525     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Glickman LT, Glickman NW, Moore GE, et al. Evaluation of the risk of endocarditis and other cardiovascular events on the basis of the severity of periodontal disease in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2009;234:486-494.
2. Kittleson MD. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In: Kittleson MD, Kienle RD, eds. Small animal cardiovascular medicine. St Louis: CV Mosby, 1998;347362.
3. Peddle G, Sleeper MM. Canine bacterial endocarditis: a review. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2007;43:258-263.
4. Borgarelli M, Savarino P, Crosara S, et al. Survival characteristics and prognostic variables of dogs with mitral regurgitation attributable to myxomatous valve disease. J Vet Intern Med 2008;22:120-128.
5. Peddle GD, Drobatz KJ, Harvey CE, et al. Association of periodontal disease, oral procedures, and other clinical findings with bacterial endocarditis in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2009;234:100-107.
6. Wilson W, Taubert KA, Gewitz M, et al. Prevention of infective endocarditis: guidelines from the American Heart As- sociation: a guideline from the American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group. Circulation 2007;116:1736-1754.