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Ventripoint Expands to Address the Needs of Companion Animals
(TheNewswire) Toronto, Ontario - The Newswire - January 11, 2021 - Ve...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Ventripoint Expands to Address the Needs of Companion Animals\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Toronto, Ontario - The Newswire -\nJanuary 11, 2021\n \n \n - Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd.\n(\"\n \n \n Ventripoint\n \n \n \" or the \"\n \n \n Company\n \n \n \"), (TSXV:VPT\n \n \n ) (\n \n \n OTC:VPTDF)\n \n \n announces that it has entered into a Collaboration Agreement\nwith the Veterinary\n \n \n Hospital\n \n \n at the\n \n \n North Carolina State University\n(NCSU) to test and evaluate\n \n \n the use of the VMS+\nin echocardiography of canines with the goal of expanding this\ntechnology to all animals.\n \n \n \n \n Dr. Bruce W Keene, DVM, MSc, DACVIM of NC State\nVeterinary Medicine commented,\n \n \n “NC State\nCardiology is pleased to be a part of the development and preliminary\ntesting of a\n \n \n potential veterinary application of\nthe Ventripoint echocardiography system.\n \n \n More\naccurate and complete echocardiographic estimates of cardiac\ndimensions and volumes would provide a major advance for\nveterinary\n \n \n \n \n echocardiography.  The potential to use Ventripoint's\nartificial intelligence-based software to allow us to reliably\nvisualize the heart in 3-dimensions from routinely acquired\n2-dimensional data would contribute significantly to the case\nmanagement of both congenital and acquired heart diseases in\nanimals.”\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A Bank of America survey found 37% of Americans have\nadopted a pet since the start of the COVID pandemic.  All these\nanimals will need some form of veterinary care as they grow older.\n \n \n A\n \n \n ccording to the\nAmerican Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), the pet dog population\nin the United States is estimated to be 77 million dogs (\n \n \n AVMA Pet Ownership and Demographics Sourcebook, 2017-2018\nEdition)\n \n \n with approximately 10% of all dogs\nhaving heart disease (estimated to be 7.8 million dogs;\n \n \n Dogs and Heart Disease: An Overview;\n \n \n \n www.pethealthnetwork.com\n \n \n \n )\n \n \n .\n \n \n The true\nprevalence of cardiovascular disease is likely underestimated because\nmost domestic animals do not receive a cardiac workup.\n \n \n \n \n This is a natural progression for Ventripoint and\nevolution of our technology. With this study, Ventripoint can\ndiversify its product...