Causes of Secondary Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Dogs

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Which of the following drugs can be used to protect against doxorubicin-related cardiotoxicity?
Doxycycline
Dexamethasone
Dexrazoxane
Dexmedetomidine
 
In addition to generating free radicals, doxorubicin administration may cause myocardial damage by inhibition of which of the following enzymes?
Topisomerase
Angiotensin-converting enzyme
Creatinine phosphokinase
Pyruvate dehydrogenase
 
Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy has been shown to be present in approximately 46% of dogs with which of the following?
Second-degree AV block
Ventricular bigeminy
Atrial fibrillation
AV accessory pathways
 
According to FDA data between 2014 and 2019, 93% of diets in reported cases of non-inherited DCM contained which of the following ingredients?
Rice and/or barley
Lentils and/or peas
Beef and/or lamb
Corn and/or wheat
 
Treatment with which of the following drugs has been demonstrated to have the longest time until development of clinical signs of congestive heart failure or sudden cardiac death in dogs with preclinical dilated cardiomyopathy and/or atrial fibrillation?
Benazepril
Pimobendan
Methyldigoxin
Spironolactone
 
Elevation of which of the following biomarkers is most indicative of cardiac myocyte injury?
N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)
Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)
Creatinine
Cardiac troponin I (cTnI)
 
Trypanosoma cruzi, the protozoal organism responsible for Chagas disease, requires which of the following vectors?
Reduviid (kissing) bugs
Mosquitoes
Ixodes ticks
Sandflies
 
Which of the following drugs can be used to reduce afterload in dogs clinically affected dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy phenotypes?
Furosemide
Sotalol
Pimobendan
Digoxin
 
Which of the following drugs can be used to reduce preload in dogs clinically affected dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy phenotypes?
Furosemide
Sotalol
Pimobendan
Digoxin
 
Which of the following drugs can be used to treat ventricular arrhythmias in dogs clinically affected dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy phenotypes?
Furosemide
Sotalol
Pimobendan
Digoxin