Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine in Dogs and Cats

This book describes all the tools to correctly establish a diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment by working through deductive steps and correctly interpreting all the examination findings. By understanding the pathogenesis and physiopathology of each individual disease, clinicians will be able to provide the best treatment possible for their patients. In the chapters on specific heart diseases, every aspect of each condition is described in detail with the help of images. Includes videos.

The evolution of veterinary cardiology in the recent years has been extraordinary due to the new diagnostic methods available, which, in addition to making diagnostic processes more efficient, have made it possible to identify pathologies that were previously unknown. Meanwhile, the rapid reproduction rate of purebred dogs and cats and the changes in the environment in which they live have changed the epidemiology of diseases very quickly and have sometimes led to the onset of new pathologies.

The Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine in dogs and cats helps veterinary cardiologists to face these new scenarios, correctly interpret diagnostic data, and suggest adequate therapeutic plans. The book describes all the tools to correctly establish a diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment by working through deductive steps and correctly interpreting all the examination findings. By understanding the pathogenesis and physiopathology of each individual disease, clinicians will be able to provide the best treatment possible for their patients.

In the chapters on specific heart diseases, the anatomical and pathophysiological aspects of each condition are described in detail with the help of both anatomical and diagnostic images (electrocardiograms, radiographs, angiograms, CT scans, etc.), for a better understanding of the pathogenesis of each disease, its clinical signs, and the associated imaging findings. Each chapter also includes educational videos, available through QR codes on VetCardioMed.edrapublishing.com, showing the echocardiographic features of the diseases and interventional and surgical procedures.
Authors:
Claudio Bussadori, DVM, MD, DECVIM (Cardiology)
Contributors
Michele Borgarelli, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECVIM–Companion Animals (Cardiology) Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine Blacksburg (VA), USA
Paola G. Brambilla, DVM, PhD Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science University of Milan
Lodi, Italy
Maria Josefa Fernandez del Palacio, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECVIM-CA Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Murcia Murcia, Spain
Stefanie M. DeMonaco, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM (SAIM) Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine Long Island University Brookville (NY), USA
Alessandra Franchini, DVM, PhD Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine Blacksburg (VA), USA
Jens Haggstrom, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECVIM (Cardiology) Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala, Sweden
Diego Lessa, DVM, PhD Lessa Veterinary Cardiology Clinic Ribeira~o Preto (SP), Brazil
Ingrid Ljungvall, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ECVIM (Cardiology) Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala, Sweden
Stefano Oricco, DVM Centro Veterinario Imperiese Imperia, Italy Department of Veterinary Science University of Parma
Parma, Italy
E. Christopher Orton, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS Department of Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Colorado State University Fort Collins (CO), USA
Brianna Potter, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM (Cardiology) Department of Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital
Colorado State University Fort Collins (CO), USA
Massimiliano Tursi, DVM Department of Veterinary Sciences University of Torino Grugliasco (TO), Italy
Contents:
1 CARDIOVASCULAR EMBRYOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY Massimiliano Tursi
2 CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY Claudio Bussadori, Stefano Oricco
3 CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES: GENETICS, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL APPROACH Claudio Bussadori, Maria Josefa Fernandez del Palacio, Paola Giuseppina Brambilla
4 CONGENITAL DISEASES OF THE RIGHT HEART Claudio Bussadori
5 CONGENITAL DISEASES OF THE LEFT HEART Claudio Bussadori
6 CONGENITAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES WITH A SYSTEMIC-TO-PULMONARY SHUNT Claudio Bussadori
7 UNCOMMON CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS Maria Josefa Fernandez del Palacio, Diego Lessa, Claudio Bussadori
8 MYXOMATOUS VALVULAR DISEASE Ingrid Ljungvall, Jens Haggstrom
APPENDIX 8A: TRANSCATHETER EDGE-TO-EDGE MITRAL VALVE REPAIR E. Christopher Orton, Brianna Potter, Claudio Bussadori
9 INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS Ingrid Ljungvall, Jens Haggstrom
10 CANINE CARDIOMYOPATHIES Alessandra Franchini, Michele Borgarelli
11 FELINE CARDIOMYOPATHIES Maria Josefa Fernandez del Palacio
12 PERICARDIAL DISEASES Maria Josefa Fernandez del Palacio
13 CARDIAC TUMORS Claudio Bussadori
14 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION Claudio Bussadori
15 CARDIAC EFFECTS OF SYSTEMIC DISEASES AND METABOLIC DISORDERS Stefanie M. DeMonaco