Evaluation of serum lidocaine/monoethylglycylxylidide concentration to assess shunt closure in dogs with extrahepatic portosystemic shunts.
Nausikaa DevriendtGonçalo SerranoSiska CroubelsEmmelie StockEva VandermeulenDominique PaepeJennifer von LucknerHilde de RoosterPublished in: Journal of veterinary internal medicine (2021)
The lidocaine/MEGX test is a promising, rapid, and noninvasive blood test that seems helpful to differentiate dogs with closed EHPSS and dogs with persistent shunting after gradual attenuation.
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