Objectives: To describe the measurement of heart rate turbulence (HRT) after ventricular premature beats and compare HRT in healthy Doberman pinschers and those with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), with and without congestive heart failure (CHF). Animals: Sixty-five client-owned Dobermans: 20 healthy ...

Background: Vipera berus has a worldwide distribution and causes high morbidity in dogs annually. A complication to envenomation may be cardiac arrhythmias. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence, types, and timing of arrhythmias, using 24-h ambulatory electrocardiography...

The cardiac function of dogs experimentally infected with Trypanosoma brucei infection was studied electrocardiographically. Ten mongrel dogs clinically free of cardiac abnormalities were used for the study. They were intra-peritoneally inoculated with 1 ml of phosphate buffered saline diluted...

Background: Doxorubicin (DOX) can cause cumulative cardiotoxicity in dogs, but the incidence of clinical cardiotoxicity in dogs receiving DOX has not been determined. Hypothesis/Objectives: To determine if the duration of DOX infusion influences the incidence of cardiotoxicity, to characterize the...

Introduction: In recent years, the high sensitivity and specificity of novel miRNA biomarkers have been utilised for early diagnosis and treatment monitoring of various diseases. Previous reports showed that abnormal expression of miR-208 in mice resulted in the development of an aberrant cardiac...

Objective: To report a case of successful surgical removal of a guide wire lost during central venous catheterization. Case Summary: A 28 kg, 4-year-old female neutered mixed breed dog presented to the primary care veterinarian with diabetic ketosis. During the process of central venous...

The study aimed to identify the types of arrhythmia, possible role of sodium and potassium in arrythmogenesis and electrocardiographic changes in dogs infected with Trypanosoma brucei. Twenty adult dogs were divided into two groups of five control and 15 infected dogs. One ml of phosphate buffered...

Sick sinus syndrome (SSS) is a type of bradyarrhythmia that can lead to syncope. Cilostazol has been reported to be an effective treatment for human patients with SSS and other bradyarrhythmias. This report describes the successful long-term treatment with cilostazol in a dog with SSS. A nine-year...

Objective: To compare the long-term outcome associated with physiologic VDD and non-physiologic VVI or VVIR pacing in dogs with high-grade atrioventricular block. Animals: Forty-nine paced dogs with high-grade atrioventricular block were included. Methods: Retrospective review of medical records,...

A 3.5-month-old male English Bulldog in Mexico was presented with clinical signs of difficulty in breathing, intolerance of physical activity and abdominal protrusion (hernia) [date not given]. Physical examination and listening to the chest auscultation revealed a breath intensity of 6/6 with...