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Access to echocardiography by a cardiologist is not universally available.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Hypothesis\/Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Completion of a focused echocardiographic training program would result in accurate identification of dogs fulfilling the EPIC criteria by primary care veterinarians (PC).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Six PCs with no previous echocardiographic experience.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prospective diagnostic test accuracy study. After training, each PC evaluated \u226410 dogs that they believed to have preclinical MMVD. The evaluation was repeated by 1 of 3 cardiology diplomates, blinded to the PC's findings. Agreement between clinical assessments and echocardiographic measurements was assessed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Fifty-seven dogs were evaluated by PCs; 1 dog was withdrawn because of congestive heart failure. The median time between PC and cardiologist evaluation was 0\u2009days (range, 0-8). One incorrect diagnosis of MMVD was made by a PC (this dog had dilated cardiomyopathy [DCM]); preclinical MMVD was confirmed by the cardiologist in 55 dogs. No difference in LA:\u00a0Ao (P\u00a0=\u2009.96; CV\u00a0=\u00a06.9%) was detected between PCs and cardiologists. LVIDdN (1.69\u2009cm\/kg0.294 (1.26-2.21) vs 1.73\u2009cm\/kg0.294 (1.32-2.73); P\u00a0=\u2009.001; CV\u00a0=\u00a06.5%), was significantly lower when measured by PCs vs cardiologists. 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