The Cardiology Service of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, provides diagnostic and patient care services to animals with cardiovascular disease, and consultation to other VMTH services and referring veterinarians in California and elsewhere. This page provides links to information on our personnel (faculty, residents, staff), currently available non-invasive diagnostic equipment and examinations, and invasive/interventional procedures performed by the Service. There is also information on the       Cardiology Residency Training Program.

Faculty (click hereto view the complete veterinary school faculty list)
Bill Thomas, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (Professor, Service Chief)
Mark Kittleson, DVM, PhD , Diplomate ACVIM

Residents
Gerhard Wess, DVM (2001-2003)
Sarah Miller, DVM (2002-2004)

  Staff
Denise Berger, RVT

  Examinations& Procedures
Patient examination and consultation
Electrocardiography

  Conventional, restingECG

  Exercise testing

  Continuous, 24 hour,ambulatory (Holter) monitoring

  Event (loop) monitoring
Chest radiography
Echocardiography

  Conventional M-mode,2D

  Spectral and colorDoppler

  Transesophageal
Interventional techniques

  Transvenous pacemaker implantation

  Cardiac catheterization

  Balloon dilatation of intracardiac obstructions

  Transcatheter occlusion of PDA

  Cardiac biopsy

Case Studies in Small Animal Cardiovascular Medicine


Last update 12/7/2002
Please send questions or commentsto wpthomas@ucdavis.edu.