The research activity currently include: the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure; the study of the pathophysiology of cardiorenal syndrome; the diagnosis and management of myocardial injury; the study and use of innovative echocardiographic modalities and parameters for the advanced evaluation of myocardial function; and the electrocardiographic analysis and therapy of cardiac rhythm disturbances; the clinical and diagnostic role of microRNA in canine myxomatous mitral valve disease; and the epidemiology and natural history of canine dilated cardiomyopathy.