The Cardiology team at the MSPCA-Angell West in Waltham provides expert care for dogs and cats with heart disease. They offer advanced diagnostics, develop treatment plans, and provide comprehensive follow-up care.
Our Services
Some of the following services are limited to our Boston location. Please call 617-541-5038 for more details.
Full-Service Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
- Balloon dilatation for pulmonic stenosis, aortic stenosis
- Amplatzer ductal occlusion and coil embolization of PDA
- Diagnostic cardiac catheterization and angiography
Outpatient and Inpatient Echocardiography
- Three state-of-the-art echocardiography machines (Philips Sonos 5500 Color Flow Doppler and GE Vivid 7 Pro Color Flow Doppler)
- Outpatient and Inpatient Electrocardiography
- Two HP Pagewriter 300 machines
Outpatient and Inpatient Blood Pressure Determination
- Parks Doppler, Dynamap, and Passport
Outpatient Ambulatory ECG Diagnostic Services
- Twenty-four-hour Holter evaluation (for animals with diagnosed or suspected paroxysmal arrhythmia)
- Event monitoring (for recurrent syncopal activity)
- Inpatient continuous telemetric ECG recording
Full-Service Pacemaker Program
- Transvenous pacemaker implantation (temporary, permanent)
- Surgically placed epicardial pacemaker implantation
Cardiac Surgery Program
(run in conjunction with the Angell Surgery Service)
- Pericardectomy
- Surgical PDA ligation
- Open 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