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[katiemcat]

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This is wild to me!

The dog I saw was a month post-op, off Pimo and furosemide, and its left atrium had begun to revert back to normal size. I was honestly taken aback.

Apparently some pet insurance will cover the cost now as well!

 

[ESD_2029]

I complain about school a lot but our open heart surgery program is really effing cool. Got to work with one of the dogs a bit on cardiology this week.

For people curious:

Open Heart Surgery Program » Small Animal Hospital » College of Veterinary Medicine » University of Florida

About Mitral Valve Disease Mitral valve disease (MVD) is a condition that affects small to medium-sized dogs as they age. The mitral valve thickens and prolapses, causing it to leak and leading to heart enlargement and congestive heart failure (CHF). This condition can cause difficulty...

smallanimal.vethospital.ufl.edu

It's great! The team is from Japan that UF brought in so that was really interesting, though it's hard to get patients into UF. My hospital prior to vet school has had had clients go to England and have the repair done at RVC while they come back and we manage post op. We had one Cavvie go to London in 2024 when UF's program closed to referrals! It's really just about curative when it goes well which is a wonderful thing for some of these young CHF dogs. I love cardio

 

[katiemcat]

It's great! The team is from Japan that UF brought in so that was really interesting, though it's hard to get patients into UF. My hospital prior to vet school has had had clients go to England and have the repair done at RVC while they come back and we manage post op. We had one Cavvie go to London in 2024 when UF's program closed to referrals! It's really just about curative when it goes well which is a wonderful thing for some of these young CHF dogs. I love cardio

I met the man yesterday. He is truly a genius. We seem to have 1-2 a week it’s really picked up here.

 

[battie]

The dog I saw was a month post-op, off Pimo and furosemide, and its left atrium had begun to revert back to normal size. I was honestly taken aback.

Apparently some pet insurance will cover the cost now as well!

I took my Golden to VECCS to be a volunteer for the echo lab. Told the cardiologist from CSU that if he found a mass on her heart, I would be his 8am appointment the next Monday. He told me he would guarantee me a spot 🤣 Then we discussed open heart surgery is really hard and expensive.

The back story: I inherited the Golden from a dead aunt. Then took her to a POCUS lab after graduation to learn POCUS where we found two splenic nodules 😶 So from then on, I POCUS my dogs once per month

 

[futuredogtor614]

The dog I saw was a month post-op, off Pimo and furosemide, and its left atrium had begun to revert back to normal size. I was honestly taken aback.

Apparently some pet insurance will cover the cost now as well!

It's so cool to see the results! I once saw a dog several months post-op from having the surgery done in London, and the heart had reverted back to a normal size