ULTRASOUND AT EASTHAVEN
CARDIAC
No referral needed.
No long waitlist.
Just answers. Fast!
When your pet needs a cardiac ultrasound, the usual path means a referral, a wait of weeks or longer, and a trip to a specialty hospital. Now you can get recommendations and guidance from board-certified veterinary cardiologists right here at Easthaven Animal Hospital.
We now offer full echocardiograms for cats and dogs, performed by our specially trained ultrasonographers — right here in our Ann Arbor clinic. Every scan is reviewed and interpreted by a board-certified veterinary cardiologist, with a detailed analysis and recommendations delivered within 48 hours.
What this means for your pet:
Specialist-level cardiac imaging without needing to go to an animal cardio specialist clinic*
Results and cardiac care recommendations within 48 hours
Seamless coordination between our veterinarians and the reviewing cardiologist
Same familiar clinic, same team you already trust
No referral needed.
Whether your regular vet flagged your pet’s heart murmur, or you're coming to us directly, we'll get your pet seen quickly.
*Cat echocardiograms are available for cats over the age of one. Dog echocardiograms are available for dogs over the age of two. If they are younger, they will need a dedicated veterinary cardiology specialty clinic.
How it works:
We’ll go over your pet’s cardiac workup plan.
We’ll admit your pet. They’ll stay at our hospital for a few hours.
We conduct the echo with our specialized equipment, with a virtual real-time sonographer assisting with the ultrasound.
Your pet may need to be sedated. We are not interested in wasting your money on poor quality images or pushing your pet past their comfort limit.
You pick up your furry friend and we wait for the cardiologist to write up their findings and recommendations.
We follow up with you as soon as we hear from them. (24-48 hours)
You and your pet are then outfitted with the info you need to proceed with treatments and procedures safely.
Beyond the Echo
Comprehensive Cardiac Care, All Under One Roof
With our suite of cardiac diagnostic tools (including a BNP machine!), your pet’s heart concerns are covered. Every patient is unique, as well as every family who loves them. We’ll tailor our treatment plans to each individual patient and decide together how to move forward. If we want all the information at our fingertips, we have access to in-house bloodwork, blood pressure readings, BNP results, in addition to the xrays and heart echo. It all depends on doctor recommendations, what’s going on with your pet, and your preference. We are a team in this!
With little to no waitlist, there’s nothing stopping you from getting answers right away. Thank you for taking such good care of your pet.
ABDOMINAL
Abdominal Ultrasounds for Dogs & Cats
Your pet can't tell you where it hurts. That's where we come in.
Easthaven's full-service ultrasound suite and trained ultrasonographers give our doctors a detailed, non-invasive look at what's happening inside your pet's body — no radiation, no pain, no guesswork.
Using our state-of-the-art Sonoscape S8, we capture high-resolution ultrasound images of your pet's abdominal organs — stomach, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestines and more. Every abdominal scan is interpreted by a board-certified veterinary internal medicine specialist, so you're getting specialist-level insight without the specialist referral or wait.
What abdominal ultrasounds help us evaluate:
Liver and kidney conditions
Gastrointestinal issues and foreign objects
Abdominal masses and tumors
Pregnancy
Lymph node changes and cancer staging
How it works
Ultrasound uses harmless sound waves to build detailed images of your pet's soft tissues and organs — revealing size, shape, and consistency in ways X-rays simply can't. It's one of the most valuable diagnostic tools in veterinary medicine, and having it in-house means faster answers for you and your pet.
A proper diagnosis leads to better medicine. Better medicine leads to a healthier, more comfortable pet.
URINARY:
Ultrasound-Guided Cystocentesis
When we need a urine sample for analysis, we want accurate results. Using what we call a “free-catch”, placing a container under your pet to catch urine, means the sample could be contaminated. That means the urinalysis results we’re depending on to help your cat or dog heal from a UTI or other issue, are inaccurate.
What’s the point of that? Instead, we use imaging.
Cystocentesis is a quick, minimally invasive procedure where we use ultrasound guidance to collect a sterile urine sample directly from the bladder with a small needle. It's fast, precise, and far more accurate for diagnosing urinary tract infections and other conditions than a free-catch sample.
