Echocardiography

Appendage flow

Flow in the left atrial appendage

If your feline patient has a severely dilated and/or impaired left atrium, it is always wise to check the left atrial appendage. This can be seen from the right parasternal

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Scanning the athletic patient

‘Athlete’s heart’ can be very difficult to distinguish from a pathological condition like early stage dilated cardiomyopathy on a POCUS-style heart scan. This is because, in an athletic dog, the

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Cor triatriatum

Canine cor triatriatum

Cor triatriatum is a congenital heart defect that results in one of the atria being divided into two chambers. When it affects the right atrium, it is termed “cor triatriatum

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Veterinary echocardiography

Measuring in Echocardiography is hard!

The paper ‘Automated echocardiographic left ventricular dimension assessment in dogs using artificial intelligence‘ was published last month. On the face of it, it seems like it’s a paper all about

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What is suicide right ventricle?

A puppy was referred for echocardiography for suspicion of a PDA, due to a grade six heart murmur. We actually found severe pulmonary stenosis, and you can follow the story

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