Manejos más frecuentes de tratamientos para afrontar enfermedades cardíacas congénitas y adquiridas en caninos.

Abstract

This research had the objective of identifying the protocols and management of the most frequent treatments to deal with cardiac diseases, congenital and acquired, in canines; the study had a quantitative approach, with descriptive, correlational, non-experimental scope; the population was made up of all canine patients in the city of Guayaquil, to whom the cardiologist specialist performed ultrasounds, in different veterinarians, between May and July 2023, a non-probabilistic sampling for convenience was carried out, since only those canines that were detected some heart disease, congenital and / or acquired, and that required the consultation of the cardiologist to be treated for the pathology found, were analyzed. Once the results were collected, statistical representations were made using tables and figures and it was determined that the greater presence of heart disease was related to mitral valve regurgitation, as a single pathology and in combination with other heart diseases, as well as that the pathologies with less presence were obstructive disease caused by dirofilaria and idiopathic dilated ardomyopathy. Finally, Pearson's Chi-square test was applied to these data, resulting in the body condition with a p <0.05 did present a statistically significant association with respect to the assigned treatment, while the other risk variables had a p value >0.05, therefore, in general, the null hypothesis was accepted that indicates that the treatment for heart disease in canines does not vary according to the observed risk variables. in the patient.