Overview
This Mid-May, 6 doctors from Mexico came to Shanghai Hongyu Medical and completed the V-Clamp training successfully. They are veterinary cardiology experts who come from the Cardiologia Veterinaria Mexico (a national referral medical center dedicated to curing cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in dogs and cats, located in Mexico City).
Dr. Juan Fernando García Macías
(M.V.Z, Esp, M.M.V.Z)
Doctor Fernando is the Co-Founder of the Mexico Veterinary Cardiology Hospital. He graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and has a Master's degree in veterinary medicine and zootechnics, canine cardiology.
He is a Postgraduate in Veterinary Cardiology at UCASAL, a Specialist in medicine and surgery in dogs and cats from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine UAEMex, a National and international speaker in Cardiology, as well as an Author and co-author of popular articles on topics related to cardiology in dogs and cats
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Dr. Marco Antonio Barbosa Mireles
(MVZ, Esp, MSc)
Doctor Barbosa is a partner and member of the work team of the Veterinary Cardiology Reference Clinic Mexico. He is a specialty in Medicine and Surgery in dogs and cats.
He has acquired the certification of professional practice granted by the National Council of Education of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry and the National Center for Evaluation of Higher Education A.C.
He is also a professor of the Bachelor's Degree in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry, with the Specialty in Medicine and Surgery in dogs and cats and Master's Degree in Veterinary Sciences.
Dr. Rafael Moran Muñoz
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(MVZ, EMCPG, Dr. en C.)
Doctor Rafael is a Veterinary Zootechnician graduated from the University of Guadalajara (UDG). He continued his academic training at the Veterinary Hospital for Small Species (HVPE-UAEMEX) of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, where he completed a full-time rotating stay (2006-2007), to later complete a two-year residency to obtain the degree of Specialist in Medicine and Surgery of Dogs and Cats (2007-2009). He completed a training stay at the Veterinary Hospital of the State University of São Paulo “Julio de Mesquita Filho” Botucatu, Brazil in 2015. In 2016, he obtained the degree of Doctor in Agricultural Sciences from UAEMEX with the thesis “Cardiovascular Effects of the Combination of Lidocaine and Dexmedetomidine in Dogs Anesthetized with Sevoflurane”, obtaining the degree with honors. He is a full-time professor at FMVZ-UAEMEX since 2016, participating as an academic teaching classes in Bachelor's, Specialty and Master's degrees. He is currently Head of the anesthesia and analgesia area of the Small Species Veterinary Hospital HVPE-UAEMEX. He has collaborated in dissemination and scientific publications and is a founding partner and head of the Veterinary Cardiology Hospital Mexico.
Dr. Cuauhtémoc Alonso Gutierrez Espinoza
(MVZ. Esp. MSc.)
Doctor Gutierrez is also one of the founder of Veterinary Cardiology Mexico. He is a graduate of the Autonomous University of Zacatecas in Mexico. He specialzed in small animal surgery in Universidad Lasalle Bajío. He obtained his master degree in Sciences from UAEMex. He completed his internship at CEMV, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Outcomes
Apart from clinical practice, he is a national and international speaker in the field of cardiology, focusing on canines and felines and an Author and co-author of reference articles in cardiology. He is also a PhD student at UAEMex, researching Chagas disease cardiomyopathy.
Dr. Mariana Andrea Yáñez Gómez
Doctor Mariana is Veterinary Doctor Zootechnician with a diploma in Small Animal Cardiology. She has obtained her online postgraduate degree in Cardiology, Concertvet. She specialize in echocardiography in Dogs and Cats. She also works as speaker on cardiology topics in dogs and cats.
Dr. Enrique Herrera
Doctor Enrique is a Veterinary Doctor Zootechnician focused on small species cardiology. He is a graduate of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine UNAM.
Discussion
About the Hospital
Cardiologia Veterinaria Mexico is a national referral medical center dedicated to curing cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in dogs and cats, located in Mexico City.
Being THE FIRST REFERRAL CENTER IN MEXICO focused on the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in dogs and cats, They are pioneers in veterinary cardiology services and carry out multiple services such as: Interventional Cardiology, Open chest surgery, Cardiology check up.
Training Snippets
Closing Notes
We hope we can make V-Clamp procedure a feasible and available treat option in Mexico and help more dogs with heart diseases with our efforts and cooperation.
About Hongyu Medical
Shanghai Hongyu Medical Technology Co.,LTD, is a high-tech enterprise dedicating to pet cardiology research, innovative medical device R & D and commercialization. lts core product is the self-developed mitral valve interventional repair device V-Clamp. It is currently the only surgical instrument around the world which can be used to treat mitral regurgitation for pet dogs. The company adheres to the concept of innovation and development, with the mission of benefiting the lives of pets.
About V-Clamp
The V-Clamp is the veterinary version of the human Mitra-Clip. It is a small device (approximately 8 mm in length) that is implanted to clamp together the two mitral valve leaflets of patients with myxomatous mitral valve disease to reduce blood leaking backwards through the valve. It is this leak in the valve that results in heart failure in veterinary and human patients. V-Clamp is proved to effectively reduce severity of canine mitral valve regurgitation, and the operation is performed through a small apical incision, which greatly improves the safety of the operation.
Designed based on classic surgical principles, ValveClamp® uses transcatheter surgery to implant a clipper to clamp the free edges of the anterior and posterior mitral valve leaflets, achieving an effect similar to surgical edge-to-edge repair technology.
