The Journal of veterinary medical science 78(7) 1099-106 2016年8月 [査読有り]
Pimobendan (PIMO) can cause adverse effects, such as mitral valve degeneration, in dogs; however, it is unclear whether these effects occur in cats. Therefore, we aimed to determine whether PIMO or benazepril produces adverse cardiac effects in he...
The Journal of veterinary medical science 77(9) 1175-8 2015年9月 [査読有り]
The renal biopsy tissue from a 9-month-old, male Pyrenean Mountain dog with renal disorder and severe proteinuria was examined. Ultrastructural examination revealed multilaminar splitting and fragmentation of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM)...
The Journal of veterinary medical science 77(1) 7-13 2015年1月 [査読有り]
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) often occurs due to a left heart disease, such as myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD), in dogs and is diagnosed using Doppler echocardiography and estimated pulmonary arterial pressure. Diagnosis of PH in dogs requir...
Y. Miyagawa   Y. Tominaga   N. Toda   N. Takemura   
VETERINARY JOURNAL 197(2) 445-450 2013年8月 [査読有り]
Plasma N-terminal pro B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentrations increase in dogs with azotemia. However, the correlation between glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and NT-proBNP concentrations in dogs has not been evaluated. The objectiv...
Yoshinori Tominaga   Yuichi Miyagawa   Noriko Toda   Naoyuki Takemura   
The Journal of veterinary medical science 73(8) 971-5 2011年8月 [査読有り]
We evaluated the diagnostic significance of the N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) concentration in asymptomatic cats with cardiac enlargement. The plasma NT-proBNP concentration was measured in 21 clinically healthy control cat...