Cardiologist kathy.wright@medvet.com Middletown, Ohio, United States
Disclosure(s):
Kathy Wright, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology & SAIM): No financial relationships to disclose
Presentation Description / Summary: Accessory pathways are being increasingly recognized in our veterinary patients. We have learned significantly more about the clinical signs, surface electrocardiographic and electrophysiologic properties, locations, and genetic basis of accessory pathways in dogs. We will review what we have learned in dogs and also cats, wherevknowledge unfortunately lags behind their canine counterparts.
Learner Outcomes: What are the typical and unusual presentations of animals with accessory pathways? What is the incidence of TICM and how has that changed over the years? What are the various ECG presentations that accessory pathways can have, and how can we better recognize them? What are the electrophysiologic properties of accessory pathways in dogs and how does that impact our drug therapy choices? What have we learned about breed predispositions/inheritance?
Learning Objectives:
Describe the range of clinical presentations in dogs and cats with accessory pathways, and how the presentation of the two species differ.
Describe the range of electrocardiographic and electrophyiologic findings in patients with accessory pathways, as well as the mechanism of action of various antiarrhythmic medications and procedures.
Describe what we know thus far regarding the inheritance of accessory pathways in dogs, particularly in the Labrador Retriever breed.
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