Also, given the observational nature of the study, we could expect the presence of indication bias, a type of confounding bias that occurs when a symptom or sign of disease is judged as an indication for a given therapy, and is therefore associated both with the use of a drug and with a higher probability of an outcome related to the disease for which the agent is indicated [37]
Regarding LA and LV dilation criteria, there is now scientific evidence that the proposed multibreed echocardiographic ACVIM cut-offs do not perfectly fit for several specific breeds, and the use of breed-specific reference intervals would be more appropriate
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