Cardiology

Veterinary Cardiologist Toronto

Jonathan Lichtenberger, DVM, MSc, DACVIM (Cardiology)

Head of Service

Cardiology

Graduated from the École Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort (France)

Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology, Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Cardiology section

4-year specialty training residency in Cardiology and MSc in electrophysiology at the Atlantic Veterinary College (PEI, Canada)

Small animal internship at Oregon State University (USA)

Kari Kurtz, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology)

Veterinary Specialist

Cardiology

Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from Michigan State University

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Michigan State University

1-year Rotating Internship at North Carolina State University

3-year Cardiology Residency at North Carolina State University

Board-certified from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology)

Practiced as a Veterinary Cardiologist for two years in Chicago, Illinois

Cardiology Services

• Specialized cardiology consultations
• Medical therapy for cardiac patients
• Conventional and advanced echocardiography (cardiac ultrasonography)
• 6-12 lead electrocardiography (ECG)
• Holter monitoring (24h ECG monitoring)
• Interventional cardiac procedures under fluoroscopic guidance (including minimally invasive PDA closure, treatment of pulmonic stenosis and pacemaker implantation)
• Electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation
• Cardiac screening for breeding dogs and cats

Common reasons for consultation

• Heart murmur evaluation in symptomatic and asymptomatic animals
• Treatment of congestive heart failure
• Respiratory difficulty
• Exercise intolerance
• Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats)
• Diagnosis and treatment of congenital cardiac conditions (birth defects)
• Evaluation of syncopal episodes (fainting)
• Minimally invasive cardiac surgeries

Strengths of Service

• Our board-certified cardiologist underwent an extensive 4-year specialty
  training residency.
• We have a dedicated echo suite, equipped with a state of the art Vivid E90
  cardiovascular ultrasound system, and EchoPAC workstation for analysis.
• Our procedure suite is equipped with an advanced OEC 9900 C-arm system
  (fluoroscopy).
• Direct collaboration with other services (including critical care, internal
  medicine, oncology, anesthesia & analgesia, surgery) and the referring
  veterinarians to ensure best quality medicine.
• Access to other advanced diagnostic imaging modalities including CT scan
  and 3T MRI if needed.