New method to treat heart arrhythmia's in dogs
A new treatment has occurred for dogs with a rare, but life-threatening, arrhythmia caused by atrioventricular accessory pathways.
A new treatment has occurred for dogs with a rare, but life-threatening, arrhythmia caused by atrioventricular accessory pathways.
The minimally invasive technique, which uses radio frequencies,
is modified from a human cardiology procedure and has a more than 95 percent
success rate in treating.
Accessory atrioventricular pathways are one of the more
common causes of rapid heart rhythms in young dogs and we were pleased to prove
they are curable with radiofrequency
RFCA uses radiofrequencies to destroy those rogue
circuits and allow the heart's normal function to resume
APs are abnormal electrical circuits in the heart that
can become activated and overcome the heart's normal current pathways, severely
impairing its ability to pump
In this study, the team used RFCA to treat 89 dogs with
AP-related arrhythmia. Each dog was monitored with telemetry for at least 16
hours after the procedure and before they were discharged.
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