heart problems: diagnosis

Question 1

• History
• Clinical signs
• Auscultation
• Radiographs
• Echocardiography

Answer 1

Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Question 2

• Radiographs: cardiomegally (enlarged heart).
• Echocardiogram: Ventricular and atrial dilation.
• Electrocardiogram (EKG): abnormal rhythm and QRS complexes.

Answer 2

Dilated Cardiomyopathy Dogs

Question 3

• ELISA test for heartworm antigen, ie: Snap test.
• Knotts test: looks for microfilaria. Used to confirm weak positive Snap tests.
• Radiographs: Enlarged pulmonary artery and “tortuous” arteries in the lung lobes.

Answer 3

heart worm

Question 4

• Clinical signs
• Auscutltation
• Radiographs
• Ultrasound
• Electrocardiogram (ECG)

Answer 4

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy