The echocardiogram is an ultrasound of the heart. An x-ray is a two-dimensional view or picture of the heart or of the chest....
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When the anesthetic is given to a pet, there's a doctor involved and a trained technician....
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When we do a dental exam, we're looking for oral pathology. And what is oral pathology?...
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Most of the time a follow-up appointment would be required. It depends on what the issue is....
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If your dog has had problems before, we would want to be extra careful. As I mentioned, we evaluate every dog as an individual....
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Good question. The most common heart disease is broken apart into the type of dog....
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The problem is they won't show it. The only way to know is to look at imaging because we want to look at the roots....
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There's not a whole lot that you, the dog owner, can do to prepare....
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Dental disease is quite painful, but most dogs don't tell you. Most of the time, they don't whine and cry and complain....
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Yes—when we do a dental procedure, which is generally going to be something we recommend annually after about the age of three, and that varies dep...
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Good question....
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Basically, we're just looking for anything abnormal. To say that there's one thing I'm searching for is not true....
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All of our patients undergoing anesthesia have the same general routine in terms of their anesthesia....
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I am a big believer in pain medication. We usually use nerve blocks, but we also use pain meds before, during, and after the procedure....
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It can vary, depending on the cause of heart disease. But we can treat dog heart issues with medication similar to what you and I use.
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That varies....
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Well, there may be anesthesia-free tartar cracking, but it's sure not a dental cleaning....
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We see those occasionally but not a whole lot, perhaps in youngsters....
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Broken teeth....
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Age is not a disease....