2017 ACVIM Forum Research Abstract Program National Harbor, Maryland, June 8–9, 2017 Index of Abstracts Oral Presentations – Thursday, June 8 Time # Presenting Author Abstract Title CARDIOLOGY 4:30 PM C01 Emily Chapel Right Ventricular Systolic Function in Dogs with Preclinical and Clinical Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease 4:45 PM C02 Catherine Belanger High-Pressure Balloon Valvuloplasty for Severe Pulmonic Stenosis: A Prospective Observational Study in 25 Dogs 5:00 PM C03 Flavia Giacomazzi Exit Block as a Mechanism of Sinus Node Dysfunction Evidenced by Geometric Heart Rate Variability 5:15 PM C04 Tsumugi Kurosawa Is the Left Atrium Prothrombotic in Cats with Aortic Thromboembolism? 5:30 PM C05 Eva Oxford Characterization of Gene Expression Profiles Linked to Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease in Small Breed Dogs 5:45 PM C06 Ilaria Spalla Prognostic Value of MAPSE and TAPSE in Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 6:00 PM C07 Nicole Wyatt Echocardiographic Assessment of Aortic Root Rotation in Dogs with Congenital Heart Disease NEUROLOGY 9:00 AM N01 Devin Ancona Common Cytogenetic Alterations Define Choroid Plexus Tumors in Dogs (ACVIM Resident Research Award Eligible) 9:15 AM N02 Devin Ancona Pullout Properties of Monocortical and Bicortical Pins and Screws in Canine Lumbar Vertebral Bodies (ACVIM Resident Research Award Eligible) 9:30 AM N03 Laura Barnard Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Single Dose Extended Release Levetiracetam Per OS in Healthy Cats (ACVIM Resident Research Award Eligible) 9:45 AM N04 Sasha Dixon Surgical Decompression, with or without Adjunctive Therapy, for Treatment of Primary Vertebral Osteosarcoma in Dogs (ACVIM Resident Research Award Eligible) 10:30 AM N05 Lindsey Peterson The Effects of Stabilizing Agents, Fetal Calf Serum and Vetstarch, on Canine Cerebrospinal Fluid Analysis (ACVIM Resident Research Award Eligible) 10:45 AM N06 Natalie Villani GM2 Gangliosidosis in Shiba Inu Dogs with an In-Frame HEXB Deletion and Autofluorescent Storage Granules 11:00 AM N07 Chai-Fei Li Exosome-Associated Integrins as Liquid Biopsy Biomarkers for Canine Glioma J Vet Intern Med 2017;31:1225–1361