[Exploration of a third degree atrioventricular block by standard echocardiography, tissue Doppler imaging, and treatment with a cardiac pacemaker in a German wire-haired pointer].
A nine-year-old intact male Drathaar was evaluated for syncope and extreme weakness, and was found to have a third degree atrioventricular (AV) block. As there were no biochemic, serologic, organic (thoracic radiographs, abdominal echography, standard and tissue Doppler echocardiographies) and histologic (interventricular septum biopsy) anomalies, the dog was treated with a permanently implanted cardiac pacemaker.
Unité de Cardiologie d'Alfort, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d'Alfort, Maisons-Alfort, France. audrey.nicolle@caramail.com
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Nicolle
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Borenstein
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Tessier Vetzel
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Rouby
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Behr
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Pouchelon
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Chetboul
D000818:Animals; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D004285:Dogs; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D004699:Endocardium / Q000473:pathology; D006327:Heart Block / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000662:veterinary*; D016896:Treatment Outcome