Sound Veterinary Care Hawaii is a provider of high quality, on-site, mobile abdominal ultrasound and echocardiogram services to veterinary hospitals on Oahu.
Sound Veterinary Care Hawaii is a sole-veterinarian practice. All studies are performed by Dr. Jonathon Graas and are submitted to board certified specialists for formal reporting including interpretation/ diagnosis and treatment, monitoring and recheck recommendations.
Schedule by emailing info@soundveterinarycare.com or by filling out the submission form below
Sound Veterinary Care is a trusted partner of Cardiac Vet. Cardiac Vet’s team of board certified veterinary cardiologists provides interpretation of echocardiograms, electrocardiograms, radiographs and Holter and event monitors nation wide and internationally.
“Dr. Graas and I have worked closely together for the past 5 years as I am a veterinary cardiologist who interprets his echocardiograms along with other boarded cardiologists at Cardiac Vet. He is highly skilled in echocardiogram image acquisition and also preliminary interpretation (knows what constitutes an emergency). Dr. Graas consistently provides high quality, diagnostic images and has extreme conscientiousness to patient care. All cardiologists on our team enjoy reading his studies because not only are his images superb, but he also takes the time to provide detailed histories, which creates a much better, comprehensive report. His level of care radiates through his imaging, the time he takes to provide the details regarding patient history and his responsive and kind nature.”
- Carley Saelinger, VMD, DACVIM (cardiology), CEO (Cardiac Vet, Inc.)
Services
All echocardiograms are performed with a concurrent ECG and include review by a board certified cardiologist. Echocardiogram studies all include 2D, M-mode, color doppler, and pulse-wave/ continuous wave doppler.
Comprehensive abdominal ultrasound. All studies include review by board certified radiologists through Antech Diagnostics.
Dr. Graas is available on call Oahu-wide for urgent abdominal ultrasound and echocardiograms. Although patients should always be stabilized prior to full ultrasound studies, prompt ultrasound imaging can still drastically alter treatment plans and improve patient outcomes.
Sound Veterinary Care offers fine needle aspiration of the liver, gall bladder, spleen, lymph nodes, and abdominal masses. Tru Cut needle biopsies of the liver are also available.
Dr. Graas is available for urgent ultrasound guided interventions such as thoracocentesis and pericardiocentesis, as well as for palliative interventions such as drainage of chronic effusions in patients with cancer or heart disease.
1) To schedule an abdominal ultrasound or echocardiogram please fill out the form below. Ultrasound services are available all day Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and mornings on Saturday and Sunday.
2) Please have patients dropped off at least 1 hour prior to ultrasound appointments.
3) Patients are shaved for abdominal ultrasound/ echocardiogram studies. Exceptions can be made for Pomeranians who may not grow their fur back!
3) Patients should be fasted (no food, but water is OK) for 8 hours prior to abdominal ultrasounds. No fasting is needed for echocardiograms.
4) Some patients require sedation. Pre-medication with gabapentin and/or trazodone 1-2 hours prior to ultrasound can also be very helpful and may avoid the need for injectable sedatives.
5) Sound Veterinary Care provides the ultrasound machine, probes, an echocardiogram table, and alcohol/ ultrasound gel. Veterinary hospitals will need to provide two assistants to hold patients, a table for ultrasounds, and a stool.
6) Sound Veterinary Care does not provide needles, extension tube sets, suction, sterile gloves, shavers, or sterile scrubs that may be needed for abdominocentesis, thoracocentesis, pericardiocentesis, or cystocentesis.
Ultrasound Protocols and Scheduling
Echocardiogram/ Abdominal Ultrasound Referral Form
About
our company
Sound Veterinary Care is a sole veterinarian practice. Dr. Jonathon Graas performs all ultrasound imaging and tissue sampling. Dr. Graas has worked as an emergency veterinarian at Waipahu Waikele Pet Hospital since June 2018. He has completed thousands of abdominal ultrasound and echocardiogram studies. The vast majority of his studies have been submitted to board certified radiologists and cardiologists, which has allowed Dr. Graas to develop strong initial interpretation skills.
Sound Veterinary Care is a Trusted Partner of Cardiac Vet. Dr. Graas has been sending echocardiogram studies to Cardiac Vet for over 5 years. Dr. Graas can attest to the quality, consistency and thoroughness of Cardiac Vet’s services. With the help of Cardiac Vet, many families on Oahu have been able to spend more time with their beloved pets.
