The Cardiology team at the MSPCA-Angell Boston provides expert care for dogs and cats with heart disease. The team includes board-certified cardiologists and highly skilled veterinary technicians. They offer advanced diagnostics, develop treatment plans, and provide comprehensive follow-up care. In addition, the team offers extensive outpatient hours and cardiac support seven days a week for Angell clients.
Services
Diagnostic Procedures
- Digital radiography
- Outpatient Ambulatory ECG Diagnostic Services
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- 24-hour Event/Holter monitoring
- Inpatient continuous telemetric ECG recording
- Outpatient and Inpatient Echocardiography
- Outpatient and Inpatient Electrocardiography
- Fluoroscopy
- Outpatient and Inpatient Blood Pressure Determination
- Parks Doppler, Dynamap, and Passport
- Pet MAP Doppler blood pressure
Therapeutic Procedures
Full-Service Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
- Balloon dilatation for pulmonic stenosis, aortic stenosis
- Amplatz canine ductal occluder (ACDO) placement
- Coil embolization for patent ductus arteriosus
- Diagnostic cardiac catheterization and angiography
Full-Service Pacemaker Program
- Transvenous pacemaker implantation (temporary, permanent)
- Surgically placed epicardial pacemaker implantation
Cardiac Surgery Program
- Pericardiectomy
- Surgical PDA ligation
- Valvotomy for pulmonic stenosis
- Epicardial pacemaker implantation
Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Program — Thoracoscopy
- Pericardial window for recurrent pericardial effusion
- Exploratory thoracoscopy for idiopathic pleural effusion