Cardiology

Shock in cats is relatively easy to identify, and timely treatment is key to a successful outcome.

In a pinch to take a veterinary patients pulse? The quick (and accurate!) solution is on your wrist.

These diets are everywhere and causing controversy in the media lately. Whats the real deal with them?

Its investigation is ongoing and the agency hasnt changed its recommendation to pet owners whose pets are not ill.

Consider this your reminder postcard, folks. With new canine treatment guidelines out now, its a perfect time to revisit your protocols to make sure your veterinary practice is current on heartworm prevention and treatment for cats and dogs.

The clinical team in the exam room tells a veterinary client all about parasite preventives. But the client may ask anybody in the hospital, including receptionists, Do I really need to shell out money for this? Is everyone armed for the conversation?

If your veterinary clients have the questions about whether they really need to buy and administer heartworm preventives, this client handout can kick off a conversation.

Veterinary cardiologists from Washington State University offer insight and advice about the connection between grain-free diets and dilated cardiomyopathy.

With a stepwise triage exam, you can quickly recognize an equine patient in shock. Your clinical impressions and understanding of the cardiovascular circuit can help identify the type of shock, which will guide your treatment plan.

'We're all in it together,' says this veterinary specialist.

New priorities include clarifying testing recommendations and avoiding shortcuts during treatment.

Let's get to the heart of the matter: Veterinary teams need the most up-to-date information on diagnostics and communication techniques to protect pets' delicate hearts. This toolkit provides the resources you need. (With an educational grant from Boehringer Ingelheim)

This modality provides "a great window" into the search for heart disease, says Dr. Bonnie Lefbom.

Add some oomph to your heartworm prevention conversations with these tips.

Educating veterinary clients on the ins and outs of congestive heart failure can be tough. Heres help.

Ed Durham, author of a new veterinary cardiology textbook for technicians, has a passion for his specialty, for education and for empowering his peers to do more.

Topics like congestive heart failure are difficult to explain to veterinary clients. We wrote out some social media posts to give you a hand.

Discussing cardiac disease can be like speaking a different language for your veterinary clients. Put things into terms they can understandthis handout will get you started.

Well, a LOT of pennies for your thoughts. As in, well pay you for the brilliant problem-solving ideas youve come up with within the veterinary world.

Whether its a tip for studying, saving money or just plain ol destressing, we want to hear and share them with fellow students like you!

A new wireless ECG device lets patients go about their normal day and gives veterinarians better readings for rest and exercise.

Veterinary professionals, lend me your ears while I talk about the sound of heart murmurs and their locations.

After a successful, albeit challenging, patent ductus arteriosus procedure, a 3-month-old, 2-lb Chihuahua is believed to be Auburn's smallest veterinary patient to undergo the surgery to date.

A wireless, AI-enabled veterinary stethoscope boldly goes where (you know the rest).

A new study shows that intervention with pimobendan may be helpful in asymptomatic dogs with structural cardiac changes.

According to Dr. Pollard, a radiograph alone won't give you the answer you're looking for when you suspect a veterinary patient's heart is abnormal.

When a veterinary patient presents with coughing, you know you must distinguish between a cardiac or respiratory cause. Which is it? This veterinary cardiologist helps you sort through your differentials.

Seriously. Its time to take a stand on these veterinary client non-compliance situations.

This cardiologist wants to prove that the intense effects of the fight-or-flight "sympathetic storm" in pets from scary veterinary visits can wear out their hearts before their time.

Comparing a cat's initial concentration of this assay with the results at discharge and during follow-up may help assess survival time.