From:
"Sukie Crandall"
Date: 2009-08-06 00:16:32 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Re: High grade second degree AV block & pacemaker
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com
Seven of Six got 9 months with Complete A/V Node Block (Level 3) with Aminophylline.
In her case there was insulinoma in an inoperable pancreatic location. Insulinoma is something that has been studied in various species as a possible trigger of Node Block.
Pacemakers were too large then and with the remaining insulinoma it would not have had a chance to help her.
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG2514
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG2025
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/SG1535
etc
Some similarly old info can be found in
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/files/Disease-specific%20files/
If I recall right Dr. Shelly Knudsen got several years for a ferret who first had Level 2 before finally progressing by using Theophylline.
Sukie (not a vet)
Recommended ferret health links:
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/ferrethealth/
http://ferrethealth.org/archive/
http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html
http://www.miamiferret.org/
http://www.ferrethealth.msu.edu/
http://www.ferretcongress.org/
http://www.trifl.org/index.shtml
http://homepage.mac.com/sukie/sukiesferretlinks.html
all ferret topics:
http://listserv.ferretmailinglist.org/archives/ferret-search.html
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