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Cardiology

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Comprehensive Assessment of Mitral Regurgitation Severity in Dogs

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM PT

Pending CE: 0.5 Medical Hours

Primary Presenter(s)

Lance Visser, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Cardiology) (he/him/his)

Professor of Cardiology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Co-Presenter(s)

Brianna M. Potter, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Cardiology) (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Presentation Description / Summary: The goal of this session is to summarize and discuss strengths and limitations of current echocardiographic methods of assessing mitral regurgitation (MR) severity in dogs. It will define what an assessment of MR severity is, including integrating various indices and grading MR severity as mild, moderate, and severe. It will offer suggestions on when performing an assessment of MR severity might be especially indicated.

Learning Objectives:

Describe numerous qualitative, semiquantitative, and quantitative indices of MR severity, including their strengths and limitations.
Define what an integrative assessment of mitral regurgitation severity is and is not.
Describe how to integrate indices of MR severity to grade MR severity as mild, moderate, or severe.
Describe when a detailed assessment of MR severity is indicated.