Chuan Animal Hospital from Taiwan Completed Their V-Clamp Surgery Training!

Overview

Chuan Animal Hospital team from Taiwan led by Dr. Ta-Li Lu visited Shanghai Hongyu Medical and completed their V-Clamp surgery training successfully.

Chuan Animal Hospital is a specialized referral animal hospital for dogs and cats with cardiovascular conditions, and most of their patients are over 10 years old. It is one of the few canine and feline cardiology specialist hospital in Taiwan. Through excellent medical technology and teamwork, They have been providing comprehensive and reassuring veterinary services to sick animals and their owners, instilling hope for the future. Through the carefully designed cave-inspired hospital interior, they hope to make every patient feel extremely relaxed during their visit.

Highlights

Dr. Ta-Li Lu graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bachelor degree in Veterinary Medicine in 2008. He specializes in small animal cardiology, interventional cardiology, canine mitral valve disease, feline cardiomyopathy, and heartworm. His expertise and interests are in transcatheter interventional treatment and clinical research on canine and feline heart diseases. He has completed more than 40 cardiac catheterization procedures (patent ductus arteriosus, pulmonary artery stenosis, heartworm extraction).

Some of His Publications

1. Ta-Li, Lu, et al (Chinese translator), Clinical Echocardiography of the Dog and Cat, Chinese Version, Elsevier Taiwan, 2017

2. Ta-Li, Lu, et al (Chinese translation reviewer), Manual of Canine and Feline Cardiology, 4th Edition, Chinese version, Elsevier Taiwan, 2014

Details

3. Ta-Li Lu, Bor-Yuan Wong, David Tan, Yong-Wei Hung. Prevalence Of Canine And Feline Heartworm Infection In Taiwan. Parasites & vectors, 10(2), 484. 2017.

4. Ta-Li Lu, Yong-Wei Hung, Ran Choi, Changbaig Hyun. Congenital mitral valve stenosis in a Chinchilla cat. Korean Journal of Veterinary Research, 56(3), 197-200. 2016.

5. Ta-Li Lu, Bor-Yuan Wong, David Tan, Yong-Wei Hung. Prevalence Of Canine And Feline Heartworm Infection In Taiwan. American Heartworm Society 15th Triennial Symposium, New Orleans, USA, 2016 (Research abstract: oral presentation)

6. Ta-Li Lu, Bor-Yuan Wong, David Tan, Yong-Wei Hung. Prevalence Of Canine And Feline Heartworm Infection In Taiwan: a preliminary report. Federation of Asian Small Animal Veterinary Associations Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 2015 (Research abstract: oral presentation)

Outcomes

7. Ta-Li Lu, Cheng Lin, Chia-Hsin Chang, Teng-Wei Yu, Tung-Ju Lee, Yong-Wei Hung. Transarterial Coil Embolization of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in a 1.2 kg Chihuahua. Federation of Asian Small Animal Veterinary Associations Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 2015. (Research abstract: poster)

8. Tung-Ju Lee, Ta-Li Lu, Masami Uechi, Yong-Wei Hung. Long-term Outcome of Mitral Valve Repair in Canine Chronic Valvular Heart Disease. Federation of Asian Small Animal Veterinary Associations Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 2015. (Research abstract: poster)

9. Ta-Li Lu, Teng-Wei Yu, Chia-Hsin Chang, Yong-Wei Hung, Epidemiology of Mitral Valve Disease in Maltese Dogs in Taiwan. Congress Of The European College Of Veterinary Internal Medicine – Companion Animals, Mainz, Germany, 2014. (Research abstract: oral presentation)

10. Ta-Li Lu, Yong-Wei Hung, Prevalence Study of Canine and Feline Heart Disease in Taiwan: 357 Cases. Joint Annual Meeting and Academic Conference of Chinese Society of Veterinary Science, Pingtung, Taiwan, 2013. (Research abstract: poster)

Discussion

11. Ta-Li Lu, Yong-Wei Hung, Clinical application of the latest EPIC study on canine mitral valve disease. Journal of Taipei Veterinary Association. Vol. 36, No.1, p47-51. 2018

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