Atrial Paroxysmal Tachycardia in Dogs and its Management with Homeopathic Digitalis—two case reports

J.P. Varshney; S. Chaudhuri

doi:10.1016/j.homp.2007.08.017

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Homeopathy 2007; 96(04): 270-272
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2007.08.017

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Atrial Paroxysmal Tachycardia in Dogs and its Management with Homeopathic Digitalis—two case reports

Authors

J.P. Varshney

¹Division of Medicine, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243 122, India
S. Chaudhuri

¹Division of Medicine, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar 243 122, India

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Abstract

Homeopathic Digitalis 6c was evaluated in two clinical cases of atrial paroxysmal tachycardia in dogs. Tachycardias are common cardiac problems in dogs, and atrial paroxysmal tachycardia is a serious cardiac arrhythmia that may lead to syncope. Both adult dogs (Labrador and German Shepherd) were treated with Digitalis 6c, 4 drops orally four times daily for 7 days. Following treatment with Digitalis 6c heart rate stabilised and synchronized atrial and ventricular electrical activity was restored in 7 days.

Keywords

atrial paroxysmal tachycardia - digitalis - dogs - electrocardiogram

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