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Originally Posted by Mardelin  I was also reading that there is a Dr. Wilfried Mai out of the Univerity of Pennsyulvania-School of Veterinary Medicine, seeking to modificy the technique of using contrast-enhanced magnetic esonance angiograph in humans for use in dogs.
Traditional methods for diagnosing porto-systemic shunts and hepatic microvascular disease have included radiographs, ultrasound and scintigraphy. The tests often have been used in combination to obtain an accurate picture of the extent of the problem before treatment options can be obtained. His hope is that CE-MRA will afford a better diagnostic option for canine liver patients. |
well the ultrasound is very hard to detect in a small dog unless the person doing it is very experienced in liver shunt like dr tobias group but i would not trust that test over scintigraphy and what about protein C test - a dog owner i helped had protein c test sent to texas a & m came back no shunt well when i sent him to dr tobias she did scintigraphy and shunt was noted they opened him up he had 3 or 4 shunts so protein c test in my opinion after that is not accurate unless texas a & m testing is not as sufficient as cornell which is where i told him the protein c test should have gone
the scintigraphy in my opinion is still the best test if bile acids are over 100 over anything else BUT having said that ginger on here had the scintigraphy with dr tobias and she was opened up and turned out no shunt during spay so it is really tough when i hear something like that as she had alot of symptoms as well but just mvd