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Dogs were grouped into \u201ctraditional\u201d or \u201cnontraditional\u201d diet categories and whether or not diet was changed after diagnosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>For dogs eating nontraditional diets, those that had their diets changed had a larger percentage decrease in normalized systolic left ventricular internal dimension (P = .03) and left atrial:aorta ratio (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001) compared to those that did not have their diets changed. Survival time was significantly longer for dogs with DCM eating nontraditional diets that had their diets changed (median survival, 337\u2009days; range, 9-1307\u2009days) compared to dogs eating nontraditional diets that did not have their diets changed (median survival, 215\u2009days; range, 1-852\u2009days; P = .002).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions and Clinical Importance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Dogs with DCM eating nontraditional diets can experience improvement in cardiac function after diet change but additional research is needed to examine possible associations between diet and DCM.<\/jats:p>\n                  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