Animal Hospital of Woodstock
11711 Catalpa Lane - Woodstock, Illinois 60098
815-337-2900 * 815-337-7173 - Fax
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Animal Hospital of Woodstock 11711 Catalpa Lane - Woodstock, Illinois 60098 815-337-2900 * 815-337-7173 - Fax |
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Holter Monitoring
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Holter Monitoring is a 24 hour ECG that records electrically each heart beat for a full day. The data is downloaded and evaluated. This evaluation can be a diagnostic tool to assess heart disease that is arrhythmic in nature (producing arrhythmias) or can be used to screen breeding animals in susceptible breeds, such as Boxers and Dobermans. These breeds are commonly affected with a profound form of heart disease characterized by VPC's (ventricular pre-mature contractions) that are detected by holter. Dogs that have arrythmegenic cardiomyopathy may have episodes of weakness, fainting or sudden death if the VPC's are close together and in long runs (V-Tach). |
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