Effects of medetomidine on doppler variables of major abdominal arteries in normal dogs |
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Authors: | N Miño L Espino A Barreiro |
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Institution: | (1) Departamento de Ciencias Clínicas Veterinarias, Facultad de Veterinaria, Campus Universitario s/n, 27002 Lugo, Spain |
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Abstract: | The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of medetomidine administration on the Doppler variables of abdominal
arteries. The study population consisted of 20 healthy dogs. The haemodynamic effects of the medetomidine were defined using
Doppler variables of the abdominal aorta, renal arteries, cranial mesenteric artery and celiac artery. The dogs were monitored
continuously and different measurements were performed before medetomidine injection, at 10, 40 and 80 minutes after medetomidine
medication and after atipamezole administration. Changes in the characteristic Doppler spectra of different vessels were more
marked in the abdominal aorta, in which a greater reverse flow was found. There was a significant decrease in peak systolic
velocity (PSV), end diastolic velocity (EDV), and mean velocity (MV) at ten minutes in every vessel studied and this effect
persisted until atipamezole administration. Pulsatility index (PI) increased significantly in the abdominal aorta at ten minutes
and persisted during the study until atipamezole administration. Resistive index (RI) did not vary significantly in any vessel.
A significant decrease was found in flow volume of the abdominal aorta, the cranial mesenteric artery and the celiac artery
at ten minutes, persisting until atipamezole administration. We conclude that medetomidine can be a good sedative in aiding
sonographic evaluation of RI in all the abdominal vessels studied. On the other hand, the changes in other Doppler variables
suggest that medetomidine administration causes significant hemodynamic differences between sedated and non-sedated dogs. |
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Keywords: | Abdominal vessels Canine Doppler Medetomidine Vascular ultrasonography |
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