Objectives: To describe heart rhythm during collapse events in boxer dogs using ambulatory electrocardiogram and determine the predictive value of frequent or complex ventricular ectopy for collapse associated with ventricular tachycardia. Materials and methods: A total of 659 ambulatory...

Introduction/objectives: Inherited or acquired arrhythmic disorders and cardiac disease have been associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) in dogs. The electrical mechanism related to death in most of these cases is unknown. This retrospective study aimed to describe arrhythmic events in dogs...

Background: Treatment for Boxers with ventricular tachycardia (VT) is limited. Electroanatomic mapping (EAM) facilitates identification of arrhythmogenic substrate for radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA). Objective: Describe the use of EAM to guide RFCA in Boxers with VT. Animals: Five...

PICO question: Does occurrence of ventricular arrhythmia reduce the survival rate in dogs with gastric dilatation volvulus (GDV)? Category of research question: Prognosis. The number and type of study designs reviewed: The number and type of study designs that were critically appraised were three...

A 10-year-old female Labrador retriever was presented for evaluation and management of syncope. On presentation, idioventricular tachycardia (IT) was electrocardiographically evident but neither ventricular capture nor fusion complexes were recorded. Spontaneous termination of the IT resulted in...

The familiar arrhythmogenic disorders can be associated with cardiostructural diseases or be present in dogs who show no heart diseases. In dogs, disorders associated with arrhythmogenic cardiostructural diseases are represented by arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy, while the ...

Transcatheter coil embolization of patent ductus arteriosus was successfully performed for 10-year-old female Pembroke Welsh Corgi. Sustained ventricular tachycardia was complicated after 30 hours of surgery. Repetitive intravenous lidocaine was ineffective on the arrhythmia. Subsequently,...

Objective: To determine the common clinical signs, with onset and duration, treatments given, and outcome in dogs with acute, accidental exposure to salbutamol. Design: Retrospective study. Animals: Five hundred and one canine cases reported to the UK's Veterinary Poisons Information Service...

Eleven clinical cases of snake bite in dogs, referred at the hospital with in 2.5 to 6 hrs of envenomation, were subjected to cardiac evaluation. The snake bites were characterized by fang's mark associated with skin discolouration surrounding fang marks in all cases. Cardiac auscultation was...

A one-and-a-half-year-old, male neutered Pyrenean mountain dog was presented with bleeding after orchiectomy at a private veterinary practice. Drops of blood were emerging from the surgical site. Clinical evaluation evidenced slightly pale mucous membranes and a mildly elevated heart rate....