A comprehensive review of cardiology for the small animal practitioner! Articles will focus on advanced techniques in echocardiography, use of natiuretic peptides in the management of canine patients with heart disease, use of natiuretic peptides in the management of feline patients with heart disease, current use of pimobendan in canine patients with heart disease, canine mitral valve disease, infective endocarditis, interventional catheterization for congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, feline arrhythmias, surgery for cardiac disease, gene therapy for cardiac disease, and much more!
1. Cover - p. 1 2. Contributors - p. 2 3. Contents - p. 3 4. Forthcoming Issues - p. 4 5. Erratum - p. 5 6. Preface - p. 6 7. Advanced Techniques in Echocardiography in Small Animals - p. 7 8. The Use of NT-proBNP Assay in the Management of Canine Patients with Heart Disease - p. 14 9. Natriuretic Peptides: The Feline Experience - p. 22 10. Current Use of Pimobendan in Canine Patients with Heart Disease - p. 29 11. Minimally Invasive Per-Catheter Occlusion and Dilation Procedures for Congenital Cardiovascular Abnormalities in Dogs - p. 34 12. Surgery for Cardiac Disease in Small Animals: Current Techniques - p. 44 13. Pulmonary Hypertension in Dogs: Diagnosis and Therapy - p. 54 14. Feline Arrhythmias: An Update - p. 65 15. Canine Degenerative Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease: Natural History, Clinical Presentation and Therapy - p. 68 16. Infective Endocarditis in Dogs: Diagnosis and Therapy - p. 75 17. Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: An Update - p. 85 18. Genetics of Cardiac Disease in the Small Animal Patient - p. 95 19. Status of Therapeutic Gene Transfer to Treat Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Dogs - p. 104 20. Index - p. 108
A comprehensive review of cardiology for the small animal practitioner! Articles will focus on advanced techniques in echocardiography, use of natiuretic peptides in the management of canine patients with heart disease, use of natiuretic peptides in the management of feline patients with heart disease, current use of pimobendan in canine patients with heart disease, canine mitral valve disease, infective endocarditis, interventional catheterization for congenital heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, feline arrhythmias, surgery for cardiac disease, gene therapy for cardiac disease, and much more!
1. Cover - p. 1 2. Contributors - p. 2 3. Contents - p. 3 4. Forthcoming Issues - p. 4 5. Erratum - p. 5 6. Preface - p. 6 7. Advanced Techniques in Echocardiography in Small Animals - p. 7 8. The Use of NT-proBNP Assay in the Management of Canine Patients with Heart Disease - p. 14 9. Natriuretic Peptides: The Feline Experience - p. 22 10. Current Use of Pimobendan in Canine Patients with Heart Disease - p. 29 11. Minimally Invasive Per-Catheter Occlusion and Dilation Procedures for Congenital Cardiovascular Abnormalities in Dogs - p. 34 12. Surgery for Cardiac Disease in Small Animals: Current Techniques - p. 44 13. Pulmonary Hypertension in Dogs: Diagnosis and Therapy - p. 54 14. Feline Arrhythmias: An Update - p. 65 15. Canine Degenerative Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease: Natural History, Clinical Presentation and Therapy - p. 68 16. Infective Endocarditis in Dogs: Diagnosis and Therapy - p. 75 17. Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: An Update - p. 85 18. Genetics of Cardiac Disease in the Small Animal Patient - p. 95 19. Status of Therapeutic Gene Transfer to Treat Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Dogs - p. 104 20. Index - p. 108
