VetCardioHub Blog
Latest articles on veterinary cardiology:
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Understanding Heart Murmurs in Pets
Heart murmurs are common in pets and can indicate underlying heart disease. Learn how they're diagnosed and what they mean.
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Sleeping Respiratory Rate
Monitoring your pet's breathing rate during sleep can provide early clues to heart problems. Find out how to do it at home.
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What is an echo?
Has your vet recommended an “echo” for your pet? Wondering what it involves? Or maybe you need one yourself and found this post by chance? Either way, the information here applies to both human and veterinary cardiology!
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Coughing in dogs and cats
Does your dog sound like it’s trying to clear its throat? Or maybe your cat is making a strange, retching sound? Coughing in pets can be alarming—but what does it actually mean?
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Should I give my cat with HCM Rapamycin?
Why all the hype? What should we be doing? Is Felycin the future of this disease?
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Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease Explained
Degenerative mitral valve disease, sometimes called myxomatous valve disease, is by far the most common disease to affect dogs.
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The different stages of Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease.
Veterinary cardiologists now use a set of stages to help describe the stages of disease your pet goes through with Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease (DMVD). These stages are very important because the help guide your vet and you about what to be doing from a treatment and management point of view.
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What does pimobendan do to help in degenerative mitral valve disease?
Pimobendan (known as Vetmedin / Cardisure) has amazing benefits for treating degenerative mitral valve disease. Should all dogs with a heart murmur get pimobendan? When should I put my dog on it? We discuss the complexities behind this drug and when it should be started.