From:
Sukie Crandall
Date: 2002-06-28 13:54:00 UTC
Subject: Wanted to tell you about a resource Pam found on AV Blocks
and Bradycardia
Not all of it is yet entered in their archive. For instance, they
say I should read two sections that have not been entered, yet, but
what was in there is useful and informative. Unfortunately, I doubt
that Sevie is a pacemaker candidate for several reasons.
>Go to http://www.archive.org/
>Look for the "internet way back machine" and enter the following address:
>www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/ClinStudies/Courses/Public/Cardiology/Concepts/ConceptsIndex.htm
When you are in there you will see one active link for year 2000; click that.
They do not yet have the links working from the top listing (at least
for this browser) but they work from within the index list below.
They print for referencing, too, but the bradycardia part needs to
printed in multiple sections.
Basically, there are three levels of AV Blocks (I, II, and III).
Within the second there are two forms, one of which is more serious
than the other and tends to lead to the third type. Seven of Six has
the third type which is the same a complete block and is extremely
serious. Unless she has it reverse it will kill her. There is a
chance, though, that it may reverse. If it was caused by her
insulinoma it may resolve, and that can be a cause. If it is caused
by a secondary infection from an infection of the pancreas that
wasn't showing itself when she had her pre-op work-up then it may
reverse with antibiotic treatments. She has also had checks of
things like kidney health and electrolyte levels in case potassium
problems are involved due to her kidneys or due to her adhesion-bound
partial adrenal growth. An ultrasound is in her near future and a
number of tests have results coming that are being awaited. She
hasn't had thyroid tests and I'll discuss those with her vet to see
if there may be reason to include them.
The trick seems to be to keep her alive long enough with her meds, tests, and careful nursing to give her a chance to have it reverse just in case it does do so.