Publications by authors named "C Stauthammer"
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on ventricular pre-excitation (VPE) in cats, which occurs when abnormal electrical pathways cause premature ventricle excitation, leading to a specific type of rapid heart rate known as orthodromic atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia (SVT).
- The research analyzed 23 cats diagnosed with VPE from 2010 to 2022, reviewing their clinical signs, ECG results, treatments, and outcomes.
- Results showed that most cats experienced symptoms like collapse and respiratory distress, and the median survival time after diagnosis was a favorable 5.1 years, indicating a generally good prognosis for affected cats.
Article Synopsis
- A one-year-old male American bulldog was evaluated for severe pulmonary stenosis, with a significant pressure gradient of 240 mmHg identified through echocardiography.
- Angiography revealed a type R2A coronary anomaly, characterized by an unusual left coronary artery ending up in the right coronary ostium.
- A trans-pulmonary stent was successfully implanted, reducing the pressure gradient to 68 mmHg post-surgery without causing coronary compression, marking a unique application of coronary compression testing in this context.
Introduction/objectives: Pulmonary artery dissection is a rare complication following balloon valvuloplasty for pulmonic stenosis. We sought to report the rate of this complication in dogs and describe the demographic, clinical, procedural, and outcome data in affected dogs.
Animals, Materials And Methods: Medical records at a single academic institution between 2002 and 2021 were reviewed for dogs with pulmonic stenosis treated by a balloon valvuloplasty.
Objective: To report on transvenous detachable coiling in small dogs deemed ineligible for traditional transarterial patent ductus arteriosus occlusion and compare transthoracic echocardiographic and angiographic measurements to determine their equivalence.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective study of 35 dogs that underwent transvenous coiling of a patent ductus arteriosus. Demographic information, echocardiographic and angiographic studies, surgery reports, and follow-up evaluation of residual flow were obtained.