Heart disease
13 year old American Bull Terrier with coughing, intitially responded to pimobendan and furosemide but still hacking X-rays showed cardiomegaly, lungs appeared normal I think this dog has left sided mitral valve disease with mildly dilated LV and LA with increased pressure and dilated RV and RA due to moderate pulmonary hypertension (pulmonic and tricupid…
Pancreatitis and abnormal right kidney in a 13 yr MN Persian
13 year old MN Persian with history of vomiting, anorexia, and depression Bloodwork showed a positive fPLI Abdominal ultrasound shows an enlarged hyperechoic left pancreas, enlarged hypoechoic pancreatic body and right pancreas with adjacent clumping echogenic fat The right kidney is misshapen with moderate renal pelvic dilation and a hypoechoic rim. Clumping reactive fat is…