{"topic_id":"evidence_dcm_diet","category":"evidence","context":"---\ntopic_id: evidence_dcm_diet\ncategory: evidence\ntitle: \"Evidence cluster — diet-associated dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs (peer-reviewed, Europe PMC)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search, first-hand peer-reviewed abstracts, pulled 2026-07-21\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_dcm_diet_2026-07-21.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-21\ntokens_estimated: 409\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 30\n  passed: 30\n  date: 2026-07-21\nsource_document: \"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41689959\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Europe PMC\"\n  title: \"Evidence cluster — diet-associated dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs (peer-reviewed, Europe PMC)\"\n  url: \"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41689959/\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-21\"\n  ref: \"PMID 41689959\"\n  doc_type: \"official PDF\"\n  needs_review: false\ncopyright_note: \"Mixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY) studies retained verbatim with attribution; non-Open-Access studies paraphrased as derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten).\"\nlicense: mixed\nauthority_tier: T2\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T2:oa-repo\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\n\n# Evidence: diet-associated dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs\n\nSource: Europe PMC (Europe PubMed Central) REST search — first-hand peer-reviewed abstract records, pulled 2026-07-21. Query: `\"dilated cardiomyopathy\" AND dog AND diet`. The cluster returns **755** records in Europe PMC; 6 representative studies are extracted below. Abstract text is verbatim from source; each study is traceable by PMID.\n\n## Studies\n- **PMID 41689959 (2026, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association)** — *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A 2026 JAVMA study compared dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) eating hydrolyzed versus nonhydrolyzed protein diets, characterizing their signalment, clinical data, and echocardiographic indices; the excerpt is cut off before the comparison results are presented.\n- **PMID 41817417 (2026, American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology)** — *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A study in Beagles linked diet-induced dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) to grain-free, pea-containing diets, with increased oligosaccharides proposed as a possible mechanism.\n- **PMID 41623244 (2026, Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001))** — Successful Functional Outcome in a Dog With Ventricular Tachycardia Treated With Antiarrhythmics, Cardioversion, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, and Intra-Arrest Lipid Emulsion.. <h4>Objective</h4>To describe a case of successful CPR after prolonged cardiopulmonary arrest in a dog treated for refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) with multiple antiarrhythmic medications and attempted electrical *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n- **PMID 41472100 (2025, Veterinary sciences)** — Preliminary Analysis of Intestinal Microbiota in Golden Retrievers Prone to Dilated Cardiomyopathy Due to Taurine Deficiency.. Taurine plays a key role in cardiovascular and gastrointestinal health in dogs and may be deficient in some predisposed breeds despite consuming complete petfood. *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n- **PMID 41295744 (2025, Veterinary sciences)** — Role of Diet as a Predisposing Factor for Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Dogs: A Narrative Review.. In 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported cases of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs, including breeds without known genetic predisposition, fed diets containing a high proportion of legumes or potatoes *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n- **PMID 42010583 (2026, BMC veterinary research)** — Effects of wheat, rye, and triticale grains on digestion, fecal quality, and health parameters in dogs.. BACKGROUND: There is a continuous search for healthy food ingredients for dog diets that do not compete with human consumption. *[CC BY — Open Access, verbatim with attribution.]*\n\nSource text: `pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_dcm_diet_2026-07-21.txt` (Europe PMC first-hand abstracts, pulled 2026-07-21).\n\n## License & attribution\n\nMixed licensing per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3: Open Access (CC BY / CC BY-NC /\nCC BY-NC-ND) studies are reproduced verbatim with attribution under their specific\nCC license; non-Open-Access studies are paraphrased as derived fact summaries\n(numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten). Original records:\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41295744/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41472100/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41623244/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41689959/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41817417/\n- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42010583/\n","sources":["Europe PMC — Evidence cluster — diet-associated dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs (peer-reviewed, Europe PMC) (retrieved 2026-07-21)"],"source":{"authority":"Europe PMC","title":"Evidence cluster — diet-associated dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs (peer-reviewed, Europe PMC)","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41689959/","retrieved":"2026-07-21","ref":"PMID 41689959","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41689959","verification_file":"pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_dcm_diet_2026-07-21.txt"},"source_document":"Veterinary / medical evidence (guideline or study) — PMID 41689959","source_file":"pdf-raw/evidence/europepmc_dcm_diet_2026-07-21.txt","trust":{"authority_tier":"T2","fidelity":"paraphrase","license":"mixed","display_grade":"B"},"tokens_estimated":409,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}