Diagnostic Cardiology
Extended consultation (1-2 hours).
Portable equipment
Stethoscopes
Littman Master and Paediatric (particularly useful in cats).
Auscultation and phonocardiography
Meditron Sensor Stethoscope and Analyser - sound is amplified up to 30 times greater than a conventional stethoscope (particularly useful for lungs sounds and diastolic murmurs). Sound image (phonocardiograph) and ECG are recorded simultaneously on a laptop using the Analyser software attached to the stethoscope.
Blood Pressure Monitors
CAT Doppler for cats.
Cardell Oscillometric Monitor for dogs.
ECG machines
Esaote P80 analogue does a 3 channel printout of up to 12 lead recordings.
Cardiostore - a digital ECG recorder with Windows software.
Ambulatory ECG Recording
Reynolds Lifecard Digital Holter monitor
Ultrasound machine
Esaote MyLab 30 with full echocardiography package including 2D, M mode, spectral and colourflow Doppler modalities, using a range of phased array probes from 2.5 - 10 MHz.
