Publications and communications of Anne-Christine Merveille

Alsteens, C., Merveille, A.-C., Burnotte, P., & Gommeren, K. (2025). Prevalence of tachypnea and/or acute respiratory distress secondary to packed red blood cell transfusion in cats and association with survival [Paper presentation]. ECVIM-CA 35th Annual Congress, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Graziano, N., Gommeren, K., Valcke, A., Burnotte, P., Beeston, D., Walker, T., Gele, R., Lekane, M., & Merveille, A.-C. (2025). Retrospective evaluation of left ventricular eccentricity index in the assessment of precapillary pulmonary hypertension in dogs (2017-2021): 145 cases. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 12, 1548417. doi:10.3389/fvets.2025.1548417

Legrand, M., Machiels, H., Renterghem, E., Lekane, M., Gommeren, K., & Merveille, A.-C. (2025). Evaluation of different right heart parameters for the diagnosis of precapillary pulmonary hypertension in dogs with chronic respiratory disorders: a prospective study [Paper presentation]. ECVIM-CA 35th Annual Congress, Maastricht, Netherlands.

Roels, E., Fastrès, A., Rizzoli, E., Clercx, C., & Merveille, A.-C. (2024). Observational Longitudinal Study of Pulmonary Hypertension in West Highland White Terriers Affected With Canine Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Bichelberger, B., Gommeren, K., Guyon, G., Damoiseaux, C., & Merveille, A.-C. (2024). A Case Series of 5 Cats With Bacterial Pericarditis With Purulent Pericardial Effusion. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Gomez Fernandez Blanco, C., Peeters, D., Farnir, F., Höglund, K., Gouni, V., Wiberg, M., Lundgren Willesen, J., Hanås, S., McEntee, K., Tiret, L., Häggström, J., Lohi, H., Chetboul, V., Fredholm, M., Seppälä, E., Lequarré, A.-S., German, A. J., & Merveille, A.-C. (2024). Fasting triglyceride concentrations are associated with markers of lipid metabolism and glucose homeostasis in healthy, non-obese dogs in lean and overweight condition. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11, 1406322. doi:10.3389/fvets.2024.1406322

Kennedy, C., Gommeren, K., & Merveille, A.-C. (2024). Comparing Pulmonic and Aortic Velocity-Time Integral-Derived Cardiac Output Parameters in Dogs Receiving Intravenous Fluid Challenges: A Preliminary Study. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Lekane, M., Gommeren, K., Garigliany, M.-M., & Merveille, A.-C. (2024). Acute and chronic pulmonary thromboembolism in dogs: a prospective clinical study. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Fastrès, A., Roels, E., Tutunaru, A.-C., Bolen, G., Merveille, A.-C., Day, M. J., Garigliany, M.-M., Antoine, N., & Clercx, C. (2023). Osteopontin and fibronectin in lung tissue, serum, and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of dogs with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and control dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. doi:10.1111/jvim.16870

Burnotte, P., Gommeren, K., Merveille, A.-C., & Kennedy, C. (2023). Left atrial measurement in lateral versus sternal recumbency in cats undergoind cardiac ultrasound examination. Canadian Veterinary Journal.

Van Renterghem, E., Lekane, M., Gommeren, K., & Merveille, A.-C. (2022). The impact of chronic RV pressure overload on right and left heart morphology and function. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Casalta, H., Gommeren, K., Grulke, S., Sartelet, A., & Merveille, A.-C. (09 September 2022). PILOT STUDY ON CAUDAL VENA CAVA SIZE BY FAST ULTRASONOGRAPHY THROUGH DIFFERENT VIEWS IN HEALTHY CALVES [Poster presentation]. World Buiatric Congress MADRID 2022.

Gelé, R., Kennedy, C., Gommeren, K., & Merveille, A.-C. (2022). RIGHT HEART PARAMETER SCORING TO ASSESS PRECAPILLARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN DOGS. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care. doi:10.1111/vec.13238

Casalta, H., Busoni, V., Eppe, J., Grulke, S., Merveille, A.-C., Moula, N., & Gommeren, K. (22 June 2022). Ultrasonographical Assessment of Caudal Vena Cava Size through Different Views in Healthy Calves: A Pilot Study. Veterinary Sciences, 9 (7), 308. doi:10.3390/vetsci9070308

Lyssens, A., Lekane, M., Gommeren, K., & Merveille, A.-C. (01 March 2022). Focused Cardiac Ultrasound to Detect Pre-capillary Pulmonary Hypertension. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9. doi:10.3389/fvets.2022.830275

Giraud, L., Fernandes Rodrigues, N., Lekane, M., Farnir, F., Kennedy, C., Gommeren, K., & Merveille, A.-C. (16 January 2022). Caudal vena cava point-of-care ultrasound in dogs with degenerative mitral valve disease without clinically important right heart disease. Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, 41, 18-29. doi:10.1016/j.jvc.2022.01.001

Fastrès, A., Roels, E., Pirottin, D., Fievez, L., Tutunaru, A.-C., Bolen, G., Merveille, A.-C., Marichal, T., Desmet, C., Bureau, F., & Clercx, C. (2022). Osteopontin-expressing macrophages in dogs affected with canine idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a model for human idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [Poster presentation]. 21st International Colloquium on Lung and Airway Fibrosis (ICLAF).

Giraud, L., Fernandes Rodrigues, N., Lekane, M., Gommeren, K., & Merveille, A.-C. (December 2021). Mitral endocarditis secondary to Listeria monocytogenes in a dog. Veterinary Record Case Reports, 9 (4). doi:10.1002/vrc2.185

Soliveres, E., Mc Entee, K., Couvreur, T., Fastrès, A., Roels, E., Merveille, A.-C., Tutunaru, A.-C., Clercx, C., & Bolen, G. (2021). Utility of Computed Tomographic Angiography for Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment in a Cohort of West Highland White Terriers With or Without Canine Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. doi:10.3389/fvets.2021.732133

Roels, E., Fastrès, A., Merveille, A.-C., Bolen, G., Teske, E., Clercx, C., & Mc Entee, K. (April 2021). The prevalence of pulmonary hypertension assessed using the pulmonary vein‐to‐right pulmonary artery ratio and its association with survival in West Highland white terriers with canine idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. BMC Veterinary Research, 17 (1), 171. doi:10.1186/s12917-021-02879-w

Burnotte, P., Merveille, A.-C., & Gommeren, K. (2021). Comparison of Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Findings in Lateral Versus Sternal Recumbency in Cats. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care.

Giraud, L., Fernandes Rodrigues, N., Lekane, M., Gommeren, K., & Merveille, A.-C. (2021). Evaluation of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Performed by Non-cardiologists for Diagnosis of Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease in Dogs Presented to the Cardiology Service. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Lekane, M., Mc Entee, K., Gommeren, K., & Merveille, A.-C. (2021). Left Ventricular Eccentricity Index for Assessment of Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension in Dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Fastrès, A., Pirottin, D., Fievez, L., Tutunaru, A.-C., Bolen, G., Merveille, A.-C., Marichal, T., Desmet, C., Bureau, F., & Clercx, C. (15 December 2020). Identification of pro-fibrotic macrophage populations by single-cell transcriptomic analysis in West Highland white terriers affected with canine idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, 611749. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2020.611749

Fastrès, A., Pirottin, D., Fievez, L., Tutunaru, A.-C., Bolen, G., Merveille, A.-C., Marichal, T., Desmet, C., Bureau, F., & Clercx, C. (20 November 2020). Identification of pro-fibrotic macrophages populations by single-cell transcriptomic analysis in West Highland white terriers affected with canine idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [Paper presentation]. 7th FARAH DAY, Liège, Belgium.

Casalta, H., Gommeren, K., Grulke, S., Sartelet, A., & Merveille, A.-C. (14 October 2020). Pilot study on caudal vena cava size and caudal vena cava to aortic ratio at the right paralumbar view in healthy Belgian Blue calves. The Ultrasound Journal, 12(Suppl 1), 1-4.

Momozawa, Y., Merveille, A.-C., Battaille, G., Wiberg, M., & Koch, J. (2020). Genome Wide Association Study of 40 Clinical Measurements in Eight Dog Breeds. International Journal Of Scientific Reports.

Fastrès, A., Roels, E., Vangrinsven, E., Taminiau, B., Jabri, H., Bolen, G., Merveille, A.-C., Tutunaru, A.-C., Moyse, E., Daube, G., & Clercx, C. (April 2020). Assessment of the lung microbiota in dogs: influence of the type of breed, living conditions and canine idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. BMC Microbiology, 20 (84), 1-13. doi:10.1186/s12866-020-01784-w

Lyssens, A., Lekane, M., Gommeren, K., & Merveille, A.-C. (2020). Utility of Cardiovascular Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Detect Pre-Capillary Pulmonary Hypertension. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Gommeren, K., Desmas, I., Garcia, A., Clercx, C., Mc Entee, K., Merveille, A.-C., & Peeters, D. (May 2019). Cardiovascular biomarkers in dogs with systemic inflammatory response syndrome. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 29 (3), 256-263. doi:10.1111/vec.12833

Giraud, L., Gommeren, K., & Merveille, A.-C. (2019). Point-of-Care Ultrasound of the Caudal Vena Cava in Canine Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Darnis, E., Boysen, S., Merveille, A.-C., Desquilbet, L., Chalhoub, S., & Gommeren, K. (May 2018). Establishment of reference values of the caudal vena cava by fast-ultrasonography through different views in healthy dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 32, 1308. doi:10.1111/jvim.15136

Merveille, A.-C., Darnis, E., Boysen, S., & Gommeren, K. (2017). CAUDAL VENA CAVA ASSESSMENT IN DOGS WITH RIGHT-SIDED CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE: A PILOT STUDY. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Roels, E., Merveille, A.-C., Malaize, P.-L., Clercx, C., & Mc Entee, K. (2016). Diagnostic Value of PV/PA ratio in dogs with PH of pre-capillary origin. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Höglund, K., Lequarré, A.-S., Ljungvall, I., Mc Entee, K., Merveille, A.-C., Wiberg, M., Gouni, V., Lundgren Willesen, J., Hanas, S., Wess, G., Mejer Sorensen, L., Tiret, L., Kierczak, M., Forsberg, S., Seppälä, E., Lindblad-Toh, K., Lohi, H., Chetboul, V., Fredholm, M., & Häggström, J. (March 2016). Effect of Breed on Plasma Endothelin-1 Concentration, Plasma Renin Activity, and Serum Cortisol Concentration in Healthy Dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 30, 566. doi:10.1111/jvim.13829

Gomez Fernandez Blanco, C., Farnir, F., Höglund, K., Gouni, V., Wiberg, M., Lundgren Willesen, J., Hanas, S., Mc Entee, K., Mejer Sorensen, L., Tiret, L., Häggström, J., Lohi, H., Chetboul, V., Fredholm, M., Lequarré, A.-S., German, A., Peeters, D., & Merveille, A.-C. (2016). Biochemical parameters related to the metabolic syndrome in healthy dogs and their relationships with body condition score. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Höglund, K., Häggström, J., Hanas, S., Merveille, A.-C., Gouni, V., Wiberg, M., Lundgren Willesen, J., Mc Entee, K., Mejer Sorensen, L., Tiret, L., Seppälä, E., Lohi, H., Chetboul, V., Fredholm, M., Lequarré, A.-S., & Ljungvall, I. (2016). Inter-Breed Variation in Circulating Concentrations of Serotonin (5HT) in Healthy Dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Merveille, A.-C., Bolen, G., Krafft, E., Roels, E., Gomart, S., Etienne, A.-L., Clercx, C., & Mc Entee, K. (September 2015). Pulmonary Vein-to-Pulmonary Artery Ratio is an Echocardiographic Index of Congestive Heart Failure in Dogs with Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 29, 1502-1509. doi:10.1111/jvim.13634

Forsberg, S., Kierczak, M., Ljungvall, I., Merveille, A.-C., Gouni, V., Wiberg, M., Lundgren Willesen, J., Hanas, S., Lequarré, A.-S., Mejer Sorensen, L., Tiret, L., Mc Entee, K., Seppälä, E., Koch, J., Battaille, G., Lohi, H., Fredholm, M., Chetboul, V., Häggström, J., ... Höglund, K. (2015). The Shepherds' Tale: A Genome-Wide Study across 9 Dog Breeds Implicates Two Loci in the Regulation of Fructosamine Serum Concentration in Belgian Shepherds. PLoS ONE. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123173

Merveille, A.-C. (2015). Etude épidémiologique et moléculaire de la dyskinésie ciliaire chez le chien [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/180963

Damoiseaux, C., Merveille, A.-C., Krafft, E., Mendes Da Costa, A., Gomart, S., Jespers, P., Michaux, C., Clercx, C., Verhoeven, C., & Mc Entee, K. (May 2014). Effect of physiological determinants and cardiac disease on plasma adiponectin concentration in dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 28 (3), 771-778. doi:10.1111/jvim.12433

Merveille, A.-C., Battaille, G., Billen, F., Deleuze, S., Fredholm, M., Thomas, A., Clercx, C., & Lequarré, A.-S. (May 2014). Clinical findings and prevalence of the mutation associated with primary ciliary dyskinesia in Old English Sheepdogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 28, 771. doi:10.1111/jvim.12336

Sjöstrand, K., Wess, G., Ljungvall, I., Häggström, J., Merveille, A.-C., Wiberg, M., Gouni, V., Lundgren Willesen, J., Hanas, S., Lequarré, A.-S., Mejer Sorensen, L., Wolf, J., Tiret, L., Kierczak, M., Forsberg, S., Mc Entee, K., Battaille, G., Seppälä, E., Lindblad-Toh, K., ... Höglund, K. (March 2014). Breed differences in natriuretic peptides in healthy dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 28, 451. doi:10.1111/jvim.12310

Höglund, K., Lequarré, A.-S., Ljungvall, I., Mc Entee, K., Merveille, A.-C., Wiberg, M., Gouni, V., Lundgren Wilessen, J., Hanas, S., Wess, G., Mejer Sorensen, L., Tiret, L., Kierczak, M., Forsberg, S., Seppälä, E., Lindblad-Toh, K., Georges, M., Lohi, H., Chetboul, V., ... Häggström, J. (2014). Breed Differences in Concentrations of Neuroendocrines and Cortisol in Healthy Dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Gomez, N., Matheeussen, V., Damoiseaux, C., Tamborini, A., Merveille, A.-C., Jespers, P., Michaux, C., Clercx, C., De Meester, I., & Mc Entee, K. (2012). Effect of heart failure on dipeptidyl peptidase IV activity in plasma of dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. doi:10.1111/j.1939-1676.2012.00942.x

Gommeren, K., de Laat, B., Merveille, A.-C., Denies, S., Gomart, S., Allerton, F., & Peeters, D. (2012). repeatibility and reproducibility of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography in healthy Beagle dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Damoiseaux, C., Gomez, N., Jespers, P., Merveille, A.-C., Clercx, C., De Meester, I., & Mc Entee, K. (2011). Adiponectin plasma concentration in healthy and heart failure dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.

Lavoué, R., van der Lugt, J. J., Day, M. J., Georges, M., Busoni, V., Merveille, A.-C., Poujade, A., & Peeters, D. (2010). Progressive juvenile glomerulonephropathy in 16 related French Mastiff (Bordeaux) Dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 24 (2), 314-322. doi:10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.0474.x

Merveille, A.-C., Battaille, G., Lequarré, A.-S., & Mc Entee, K. (2010). Effect of stress on blood pressure measured by Doppler ultrasonography and high definition oscillometry in a large population of working dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 24, 1537.

Merveille, A.-C., Battaille, G., Billen, F., Clercx, C., Georges, M., & Lequarré, A.-S. (2009). Identification of a new mutation responsible for primary ciliary dyskinesia in dogs: a model for human PCD. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine.