Acting Early to Help Dogs With Aortic Stenosis
Aortic stenosis (AS) is a congenital heart defect affecting dogs, meaning they’re born with it. It narrows the aortic valve, the gateway through which blood leaves the heart for the rest of the body. A more common form, subaortic stenosis (SAS), involves narrowing just below the valve. For simplicity, we’ll refer to both as AS…