The heart attack is the necrosis of a certain site of a cardiac muscle caused by an ischemic disease. It is possible to make the exact diagnosis only after opening. The heart attack at dogs arises for a number of reasons.
Instruction
1. At dogs the hormonal violations arising with age are considered as the most common cause of a myocardial infarction. Failure of exchange processes also leads to a thickening of walls of vessels because of deposits of fatty tissue that involves an ischemic disease. Blood clot in a coronary artery, (vaskulit) inflammation of vessels, congenital anomalies - all this provokes a heart attack too. Signs of the desease are: short wind, shaky gait or unwillingness to rise, cyanosis of mucous membranes, pain behind a breast, strong heartbeat, a lowering of arterial pressure.
2. Having noticed similar symptoms at the dog, the owner has to bring immediately the pet to veterinary clinic or call the doctor on the house. Before it is necessary to leave a dog alone, to provide the quiet and cozy place. The veterinarian first of all has to examine an animal and make the diagnosis. It is necessary to exclude possible pathologies of heart which have the same clinical picture. It is possible to detect a heart attack by means of the special device of an ekhokardiograf. There is one more method of definition of a myocardial infarction - an angiography. But the procedure demands introduction of an anesthesia that is dangerous to a sick dog. Therefore it is important to define precisely what actually happened to the pet. For diagnosis it will be required to take blood test and to measure pressure.
3. Antianginalny means are applied to removal of shock and an acute pain, for prevention of formation of blood clots heparin is entered. Vitamin therapy and a strict diet is without fail appointed. It is necessary to exclude from a diet all greasy and spicy food and also sweets. Best of all the carbohydrate, vitaminized, easily digested forages will approach.
4. The careful owner has to remember that the dog cannot be subjected to strong physical activities, overcooling and overheating, stresses. It is necessary to do in due time preventive inoculations to avoid infectious diseases. Recovering from a heart attack with in due time rendered help lasts not for long. This results from the fact that heart of a dog has many collateral vessels, and they distribute loading among themselves, replacing the damaged vessels.