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Technician Session

Cardiology

Technician Case Report: Palliative Cranial Caval and Pulmonary Artery Stents for Obstructive Heart Base Tumor

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

3:00 PM – 3:25 PM CT

Location: ACC 4ABC

CE: .5

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Primary Presenter(s)

Erin K. Scott, CVT, VTS (ECC)

Cardiology Technician
Colorado State Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

This presentation describes the diagnostic workup and subsequent procedure to alleviate severe peripheral pitting edema, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, and abdominal effusion in a dog with an invasive tumor arising from the aortic root.

Learning Objectives:

know the most common type of tumor arising from the aortic root in a dog.
know the average survival time in a dog with a chemodectoma.
know the treatment options for a dog with an invasive chemodectoma.