Possibilities of minimal invasive cardiac catheter interventions in the dog |
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Authors: | Glaus T M Unterer S Tomsa K Baumgartner C Geissbühler U Gardelle O Reusch C |
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Institution: | Abteilung für Kardiologie, Departement für Kleintiere, Universit?t Zürich. tglaus@vetclinics.unizh.ch |
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Abstract: | The therapeutic possibilities in veterinary cardiology have developed rapidly in the past few years. Whereas until recently cardiac intervention in dogs could only be performed by thoracotomy, new minimally invasive techniques are adopted. Procedures like balloondilatation of pulmonic stenosis, coil embolisation of patent ductus arteriosus, pacemaker implantation in symptomatic bradyarrhyhtmia, and palliative balloon pericardiotomy are becoming more and more established. These alternative interventional methods are attractive, because no postsurgical pain and no complications potentially associated with thoracotomy ensue. The knowledge of such new treatment modalities and particularly the indications for an intervention are prerequisites to apply them optimally and broadly. |
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