Diagnostic and Medical Management of Cardiovascular Disorders
Medical services include basic and advanced diagnostic procedures as well as intensive and state-of-the-art care for animals with heart disease.
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Angiography and Cardiac Catheterization performed either as a diagnostic procedure or to accomplish minimally invasive repair of congenital or acquired heart diseases.
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Computed Tomography with three-dimensional rendering and cardiac gating for state-of-the-art evaluations of dogs and cats with pericardial disease, cardiac tumors, pulmonary hypertension, thromboembolic disease and other complex vascular and cardiac disorders.
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Echocardiography, including two- and three-dimensional (3D) color flow and tissue Doppler echocardiography , contrast and strain echocardiography and both two- and three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography.
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Electrocardiography (ECG), 24-hour ambulatory ECG (Holter) recording and event monitoring for long-term monitoring of cardiac rhythm disorders.
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Management of chronic cardiac rhythm disorders including atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias.
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Management of pulmonary hypertension, heartworm disease, and pulmonary thromboembolism leading to right heart failure (cor pulmonale).
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Management of systemic hypertension (high blood pressure) which is particularly common in older cats.
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Treatment of acute and chronic heart failure in dogs and cats. Common diseases causing heart failure in dogs and cats include degenerative valve disease causing mitral and tricuspid valve insufficiency, cardiomyopathy, heartworms, and pericardial effusion.
Equine Cardiology
Virtually all of the diagnostic procedures used in dogs and cats are also available for the diagnosis of heart disease in horses. Management advice is available for horses with heart murmurs of uncertain cause, for horses with structural heart disease (congenital or acquired), and for horses with cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation.