Cardiology
Veterinary Cardiologist Toronto
Jonathan Lichtenberger, DVM, MSc, DACVIM
Head of Service
Cardiology
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.