Abstract
Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is a proteic biomarker of fibrosis that occurs in cardiac remodeling, when the myocytes are under process of chronic lesion. Thus, recent studies in human medicine, try to unveil its diagnostic and prognostic application in cardiac diseases. In veterinary medicine, there is no publication regarding Gal-3 use as a cardiac biomarker. This is due, in part, because the cani…