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Dr. Danoff co-authors paper in "The Journal of Veterinary Cardiology"

Volume 9, Issue 1; May, 2007

In May, 2007, a paper co-authored by Dr. Danoff was featured in The Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, a prestigious veterinary publication that is the Official Journal of the European Society of Cardiology. Credit for the writing and research of the paper was shared with Nathan D. Lee, DVM, Sheila Etue, DVM, Dipl ACVR and John E. Rush, DVM, MS, Dipl ACVIM, Dipl ACVECC

The paper's subject was a year-and-a-half-old mixed breed dog that was presented for evaluation of arrhythmia. Noted on thoracic radiographs was a cranial mediastinal density. The density was determined to be a cranial vena cava aneurysm based on ultrasonographic and angiographic testing. No treatment was initiated and the dog remains asymptomatic for the cranial vena cava aneurysm at 6 years of age. Although rare, cranial vena cava aneurysm should be a differential diagnosis for dogs with cranial mediastinal abnormalities on thoracic radiographs.

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