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Males were overrepresented by a factor of 2.9 to 1. At initial presentation, 5 dogs had subclinical arrhythmia, 10 dogs had clinical signs attributable to arrhythmia, and 16 dogs had congestive heart failure. Eighteen dogs (58%) had ventricular tachycardia and five (16%) also had supraventricular arrhythmias. Four dogs experienced sudden death, 2 dogs died from congestive heart failure, 11 dogs were euthanized for cardiac causes, and 2 dogs died or were euthanized for noncardiac causes. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed a median survival time of 8.3 mo. This is the first study to describe the clinical characteristics of a population of English bulldogs with presumed ARVC. Further studies are needed to better characterize the clinical features of the disease in this breed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5326\/jaaha-ms-6550","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,1,26]],"date-time":"2018-01-26T09:11:41Z","timestamp":1516957901000},"page":"95-102","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["Clinical Features of English Bulldogs with Presumed Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy: 31 Cases (2001\u20132013)"],"prefix":"10.5326","volume":"54","author":[{"given":"Suzanne M.","family":"Cunningham","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Clinical Sciences, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts (S.M.C., J.E.R.); MedVet Columbus, Worthington, Ohio (J.T.S.); New England Veterinary Cardiology, Portland, Maine (J.M.); and Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (B.A.B.)."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Joseph T.","family":"Sweeney","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Clinical Sciences, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts (S.M.C., J.E.R.); MedVet Columbus, Worthington, Ohio (J.T.S.); New England Veterinary Cardiology, Portland, Maine (J.M.); and Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (B.A.B.)."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John","family":"MacGregor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Clinical Sciences, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts (S.M.C., J.E.R.); MedVet Columbus, Worthington, Ohio (J.T.S.); New England Veterinary Cardiology, Portland, Maine (J.M.); and Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (B.A.B.)."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bruce A.","family":"Barton","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Clinical Sciences, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts (S.M.C., J.E.R.); MedVet Columbus, Worthington, Ohio (J.T.S.); New England Veterinary Cardiology, Portland, Maine (J.M.); and Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (B.A.B.)."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"John E.","family":"Rush","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"From the Department of Clinical Sciences, Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, Massachusetts (S.M.C., J.E.R.); MedVet Columbus, Worthington, Ohio (J.T.S.); New England Veterinary Cardiology, Portland, Maine (J.M.); and Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (B.A.B.)."}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"3280","reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"bib1","series-title":"Cleve Clin J Med","first-page":"459","article-title":"Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: a cause of sudden death in young people","volume":"68","author":"McRae\n              AT\n              3rd","year":"2001","unstructured":"McRae\n              AT\n              3rd\n            , ChungMK, AsherCR. 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