Cavalier King Charles Spaniels: Echocardiographic and Morphometric Data

An Excel dataset contains signalment, clinical variables, echocardiographic and morphometric measurements, and follow-up data for enrolled Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (CKCSs). It was created by Sara Ghilardi for statistical analyses related to preclinical MMVD progression.

Use Cases

• Analyze the association between morphological traits (e.g., Thoracic Length) and ACVIM Stage B1/B2 classification for MMVD.
• Model preclinical MMVD progression using Inverse Probability Weighting on follow-up data and clinical variables.
• Investigate known risk factors and echocardiographic measurements as predictors for the 'Affected CKCSs Classified' outcome.

Strengths

• Includes multiple data types: signalment, clinical, echocardiographic, morphometric, and follow-up data.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC BY 4.0.
• Tags indicate specific veterinary medicine focus on MMVD in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.

Limitations

• The dataset is small at 24.1 KB, indicating a limited sample size.
• Column names and row counts are unknown, complicating initial assessment of structure and scope.
• Data is specific to a single dog breed, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Sara Ghilardi.

Collection Method

Data collected from Cavalier King Charles Spaniels that underwent echocardiography, as per the described Methods.

Freshness

Last updated on 2026-03-19.