Table 1.

Population study and clinical findings in the examined groups

	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

LA/Ao left-atrial-to-aorta ratio, SD standard deviation

^aone dog showing both single atrial premature complexes and ventricular premature complexes