Groups II and III presented gastricdilatation postmortem.
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Conclusions: Variables for assessing gastric electrical and contractile activities were unaffected 18 hours after acute gastricdilatation.
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Four dogs died of causes unrelated to LAG or gastricdilatation volvulus (GDV) in the follow-up period.
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Only 1 (3.3%) dog had clinical recurrence of gastricdilatation after surgery.
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Objective: To investigate the effects of experimentally induced acute gastricdilatation on electrical and mechanical activities of the stomach in dogs.
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With nowhere for the gas and other contents to escape, his stomach had swelled painfully in a life-threatening condition known as gastricdilatation-volvulus.
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Arrhythmias were evident before and after gastricdilatation in dogs from which food was withheld and in dogs after consumption of a meal.
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Results: Electrical or contractile activities were not significantly different 18 hours after acute gastricdilatation (day 1).
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Necropsy of 6 dogs dying from causes unrelated to gastricdilatation-volvulus (mean of 12.7 months after surgery) revealed an intact gastropexy site in each dog.