
Manual of Canine and Feline Cardiology
- 6th Edition - December 27, 2024
- Imprint: Saunders
- Editors: Larry P. Tilley, Francis W. K. Smith, Meg M. Sleeper, Marc Kraus
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 6 5 9 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 6 6 0 - 6
The most effective, practical approach to the recognition and management of cardiovascular and cardiopulmonary diseases and disorders, Manual of Canine and Feline Cardiology, Si… Read more

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- UPDATED! Appendix material includes a comprehensive drug formulary with commonly used cardiopulmonary drugs, along with formulations, indications, and dosages for both dogs and cats
- Current content on common cardiovascular disorders and practical treatment methods addresses topics such as cardiac failure, cardiac arrhythmias, conduction disturbances, cardiopulmonary arrest, and more
- Easy-to-follow organization separates content into three sections that build on each other — Section 1: Diagnosis of Heart Disease; Section 2: Cardiovascular Disease; Section 3: Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
- Extensive art program contains vivid illustrations, clinical photographs, and color Doppler images
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- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
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- Copyright
- Dedication
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- New to this Edition
- Organization
- Acknowledgments
- Section 1: Diagnosis Of Heart Disease
- Chapter 1. History and Physical Examination
- MEDICAL HISTORY
- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 2. Radiology of the Heart
- RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE
- RADIOGRAPHIC ANATOMY
- RADIOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION
- INTERPRETATION PITFALLS: RADIOGRAPHIC MIMICS OF CARDIAC DISEASE
- EVALUATION OF HEART CHAMBER ENLARGEMENT
- LEFT ATRIAL ENLARGEMENT
- EVALUATION OF THE PULMONARY CIRCULATION
- RADIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF HEART FAILURE
- RADIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF PERICARDIAL EFFUSION
- SUMMARY OF RADIOGRAPHIC SIGNS
- DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY AND TELERADIOLOGY
- Acknowledgment
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 3. Electrocardiography
- INDICATIONS AND ROLE OF THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
- PRINCIPLES OF ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
- RECORDING THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
- CARDIAC CONDUCTION AND GENESIS OF WAVEFORMS
- EVALUATION OF THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
- EVALUATION OF WAVEFORMS
- ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES
- NORMAL RHYTHMS
- DISTURBANCES OF SINUS IMPULSE FORMATION
- DISTURBANCES OF SUPRAVENTRICULAR IMPULSE FORMATION
- DISTURBANCES OF IMPULSE CONDUCTION
- DISTURBANCES OF VENTRICULAR IMPULSE FORMATION
- DISTURBANCES OF BOTH IMPULSE FORMATION AND IMPULSE CONDUCTION
- ESCAPE RHYTHMS
- MISCELLANEOUS
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 4. Echocardiography and Doppler Ultrasound
- INTRODUCTION
- TYPES OF IMAGING
- ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUE
- ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC VIEWS
- 2D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS
- COMMON ACQUIRED CARDIAC CONDITIONS
- SUGGESTED READINGS
- Chapter 5. Special Diagnostic Techniques for the Evaluation of Cardiac Disease
- CONTINUOUS IN-HOSPITAL ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC MONITORING
- PROVOCATIVE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES
- AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY (HOLTER MONITORING AND CARDIAC EVENT RECORDING)
- NONSELECTIVE ANGIOGRAPHY
- CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION
- SEROLOGIC TESTING
- NEWER CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES
- Suggested Readings
- Section 2: Cardiovascular Disease
- Chapter 6. Acquired Valvular Disease
- DEGENERATIVE MITRAL VALVE DISEASE
- INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
- PROGNOSIS
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 7. Canine Cardiomyopathy
- DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
- Secondary Cardiomyopathies Resulting in the Dilated Cardiomyopathy Phenotype
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
- HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
- Acknowledgment
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 8. Feline Cardiomyopathy
- FELINE CARDIOMYOPATHIES
- PRIMARY CARDIOMYOPATHIES
- FELINE (IDIOPATHIC) DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY
- FELINE RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY
- NONSPECIFIC FELINE CARDIOMYOPATHIES
- ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR CARDIOMYOPATHY
- SECONDARY CARDIOMYOPATHIES
- ACROMEGALIC HEART DISEASE
- NEOPLASTIC INFILTRATION OF THE HEART
- INFECTIOUS MYOCARDITIS
- SUMMARY
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 9. Cor Pulmonale and Pulmonary Thromboembolism
- INTRODUCTION
- PHYSIOLOGY
- ETIOLOGY
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION
- DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
- THERAPY
- CONCLUSION
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 10. Heartworm Disease
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
- CLINICAL SYMPTOMS
- DIAGNOSIS
- MICROFILARIAL TESTS IN DOGS
- MINIMUM DATABASE
- CLASSIFICATION OF HEARTWORM DISEASE
- THERAPY
- TREATMENT OF FELINE HEARTWORM INFECTION
- MICROFILARICIDE TREATMENT IN DOGS
- CAVAL SYNDROME IN DOGS
- ANCILLARY TREATMENTS FOR CANINE HEARTWORM DISEASE
- COMPLICATIONS OF HEARTWORM DISEASE
- HEARTWORM PROPHYLAXIS
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 11. Pericardial Disorders and Cardiac Tumors
- PERICARDIAL EFFUSION AND CARDIAC TAMPONADE
- Echocardiographic features of specific tumor types
- SPECIFIC CAUSES OF PERICARDIAL EFFUSIONS: EPIDEMIOLOGY, MANAGEMENT, AND PROGNOSIS
- CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDIAL DISEASE
- MISCELLANEOUS PERICARDIAL DISEASES
- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 12. Congenital Heart Disease
- INCIDENCE
- HEREDITARY ASPECTS
- DIAGNOSIS
- THERAPY
- INNOCENT (FUNCTIONAL) MURMUR
- SPECIFIC DEFECTS
- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
- DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
- NATURAL HISTORY
- THERAPY AND PROGNOSIS
- PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
- DIAGNOSIS
- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
- DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
- DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
- NATURAL HISTORY
- THERAPY AND PROGNOSIS
- SUBAORTIC STENOSIS
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
- DIAGNOSIS
- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
- DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
- NATURAL HISTORY
- THERAPY AND PROGNOSIS
- VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
- DIAGNOSIS
- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
- DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
- THERAPY AND PROGNOSIS
- TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
- DIAGNOSIS
- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
- DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
- THERAPY AND PROGNOSIS
- ATRIOVENTRICULAR VALVE DYSPLASIA
- ANATOMY
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
- DIAGNOSIS
- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
- DIAGNOSTIC TESTING
- THERAPY AND PROGNOSIS
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 13. Cardiovascular Effects of Systemic Diseases
- ENDOCRINE DISEASES
- HYPOTHYROIDISM
- HYPOADRENOCORTICISM (ADDISON DISEASE)
- HYPERADRENOCORTICISM (CUSHING DISEASE)
- PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
- HYPERSOMATOTROPISM (ACROMEGALY) IN CATS
- DIABETES MELLITUS
- METABOLIC DISTURBANCES
- DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOKALEMIA
- DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERCALCEMIA
- DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOCALCEMIA
- DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPOMAGNESEMIA AND HYPERMAGNESEMIA
- HYPOGLYCEMIA
- UREMIA
- NEOPLASTIC AND INFILTRATIVE HEART DISEASES
- CHEMODECTOMA
- OTHER CAUSES
- PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL AGENTS THAT AFFECT THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
- HYPERPYREXIA (HEAT STROKE)
- HYPOTHERMIA
- CARBON MONOXIDE TOXICITY
- TOAD POISONING
- OLEANDER TOXICITY
- CHOCOLATE TOXICITY
- DOXORUBICIN CARDIOTOXICITY
- INFECTIOUS/INFLAMMATORY DISEASES
- BORRELIOSIS (LYME DISEASE)
- TRYPANOSOMIASIS (CHAGAS DISEASE)
- PARVOVIRUS
- MISCELLANEOUS DISEASES
- DIAGNOSIS
- NEUROGENIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
- GASTRIC DILATION-VOLVULUS COMPLEX
- Pancreatitis
- TRAUMATIC MYOCARDITIS
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 14. Systemic Hypertension
- Abstract
- DEFINITIONS
- POPULATION AT RISK
- CONSEQUENCES AND CLINICAL SIGNS OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
- MEASUREMENT OF BLOOD PRESSURE
- THERAPY OF SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION
- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION
- Suggested Readings
- Section 3: Treatment Of Cardiovascular Disease
- Chapter 15. Pathophysiology and Therapy of Heart Failure
- DEFINITIONS
- HEART FAILURE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
- DIAGNOSIS OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE
- THERAPEUTIC STRATEGIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE
- Specific Treatment Protocols
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 16. Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances
- GENERAL REMARKS
- TREATMENT OF SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS
- VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS
- VENTRICULAR ASYSTOLE
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 17. Cardiopulmonary Arrest and Resuscitation
- BASIC LIFE SUPPORT
- ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT
- SPECIAL SITUATIONS
- POSTRESUSCITATION CARE
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 18. Emergency Management and Critical Care
- HEART FAILURE
- CARDIAC RHYTHM DISTURBANCES
- THROMBOEMBOLISM
- ASSESSING CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION IN THE EMERGENCY PATIENT
- EMERGENCY TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE
- CARDIAC RHYTHM DISTURBANCES
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 19. Anesthesia of the Cardiac Patient
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- PREANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS
- ANESTHETIC DRUG SELECTION AND SUPPORTIVE CARE
- MONITORING AND SUPPORTIVE CARE DURING SEDATION AND ANESTHESIA
- AFTERCARE
- ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR SPECIFIC CARDIAC DISEASES AND RECOMMENDED ANESTHETIC PROTOCOLS
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 20. Cardiac Surgery
- PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS
- VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
- ATRIAL AND ATRIOVENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT
- TETRALOGY OF FALLOT
- MITRAL REGURGITATION
- TRICUSPID VALVE DYSPLASIA
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 21. Pacemaker Therapy
- INDICATIONS FOR PACING
- PREIMPLANTATION EVALUATION
- COMPONENTS AND TYPES OF PACING SYSTEMS
- PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION
- PACEMAKER COMPLICATIONS
- PACEMAKER PROGRAMMING AND FOLLOW-UP
- Suggested Readings
- Chapter 22. Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- PERFORM A NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT ON EVERY PATIENT
- MAKE INDIVIDUALIZED NUTRITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
- ADDRESS ALL COMPONENTS OF THE DIET
- COMMUNICATE WITH THE OWNER
- REASSESS THE PLAN
- NUTRITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON SEVERITY OF DISEASE
- Suggested Readings/Resources
- Appendix 1. Canine and Feline Breed Predilections for Heart Disease
- Appendix 2. Cardiopulmonary Drug Formulary
- DISCLOSURE
- KEY TO FORMULARY ABBREVIATIONS
- CALCULATING A CONTINUOUS RATE INFUSION FOR LIDOCAINE
- Appendix 3. Echocardiographic Normal Values
- RATIO INDICES
- ALLOMETRIC SCALING
- NORMAL FELINE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC VALUES
- Appendix 4. Available Canine and Feline Genetic Tests for Breed-Specific Cardiac Diseases
- Cardiac Genetics Key
- Index
- Edition: 6
- Published: December 27, 2024
- Imprint: Saunders
- No. of pages: 504
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323936590
- eBook ISBN: 9780323936606
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Larry P. Tilley
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Francis W. K. Smith
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Meg M. Sleeper
Meg Sleeper, VMD, graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania veterinary school in 1993. She is an associate professor of cardiology and served as section chief from 2001 to 2011. Dr. Sleeper has published over 70 peer-reviewed original papers, more than 50 review papers or case reports, and authored 4 books. She has lectured at numerous prestigious conferences, including the American Heart Association and the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum, and has coordinated the small animal cardiology section at the AVMA conference since 2009. Dr. Sleeper has trained 18 veterinary cardiologists and joined the University of Florida veterinary school faculty in 2015. She serves on the editorial or review boards of 11 journals and has contributed to the Great Ape Heart Project since 2011, focusing on improving cardiac health in ape species.
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