Posts Tagged ‘cardiology’
BELOVED DACHSHUND’S BROKEN HEART MENDED
An adorable little dog is loving life once again after his broken heart was mended by our specialist cardiology team. The beloved seven-year-old dachshund, called Frank, had been suffering up to a dozen seizure-like episodes a day. He became so poorly he was referred to us as an emergency case. Owner, Wendy, explained: “Frank suddenly…
Read MoreTHREE-MONTH OLD PUPPY GIVEN SECOND CHANCE THANKS TO LIFE-SAVING SURGERY
A puppy who was not expected to survive past the age of one has been given another shot at life thanks to surgery by our world-leading Cardiology team. Sprocker Spaniel Aria was just three months old when owner Luke Shoer brought her to us with an enlarged heart and Patent Ductus Arteriosus – an extra…
Read MoreNEW HI-TECH 3D PROBE FOR WILLOWS’ WORLD-LEADING HEART UNIT
Our world-leading cardiology unit has invested in a new hi-tech 3D probe to ensure our specialist team remains at the very forefront of veterinary heart care. We have recently taken delivery of a £45,000 state-of-the-art 3D transoesophageal (TOE) probe which Fabio Sarcinella, RCVS and European specialist in small animal cardiology, said was already proving a…
Read MoreWILLOWS LAUNCHES PIONEERING CARDIOLOGY SERVICE
Willows in the West Midlands has launched a ground-breaking cardiology procedure for dogs only previously used in human healthcare. The minimally invasive transeptal puncture (TSP) now being performed by our world-renowned cardiology team avoids opening the chest or heart and involves using minimally invasive techniques to pass a thin flexible tube from the right atrium…
Read MoreGROUNDBREAKING HEART TREATMENT FOR DOGS LAUNCHED
Our world-renowned cardiology team at Willows is leading the veterinary industry by pioneering a groundbreaking procedure to tackle heart disease in dogs. Willows in the West Midlands is currently the only centre in the UK, and one of just a very few in the world, offering the innovative transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (TEER). …
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