A cardiology snippet. This is a recently published article from human medicine: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4505792/ Interesting. Ace inhibitor use decreased left ventricular mass and function without any increase in adverse cardiac events. That’s rather counter to the historical story that ACEi might be contraindicated in … Continue reading
Newsletter May 2015 Firstly, many thanks to all of you who used our services in the first 4 months of Ultrasound4pets’ existence. We scanned over 300 animals including 70 echocardiography cases. Plus 40 odd dermatology patients. Phew! Congenital defects The number of portosystemic shunts and congenital heart defects out there is phenomenal. We have sent … Continue reading
Adrenal ultrasonography is the guitar solo of canine and feline scanning: the bit that everybody wants to be able to do and have on their CV. Maybe adrenals and pancreas. And it’s true that if you can consistently find both adrenals then it gives you the confidence to book in those abdominal examinations. This little … Continue reading
We have just completed a prospective series of 48 canine acute abdomens examined ultrasonographically over the last 6 months. The main findings: 1: 8/48 were foreign bodies plus 1/48 entrapped hernia -more obstructions than I was expecting. That is maybe the most important single finding: that we almost certainly didn’t miss any. All of those … Continue reading
