Small Animal Cardiology Secrets

I: CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION1 – CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY2 – PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF HEART FAILURE3 – SYNCOPE AND SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH4 – SHOCK5 – PULMONARY EDEMA6 – ASCITES7 – EXTRACARDIAC DISEASE AND THE HEARTII: CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY8 – DIURETICS9 – INOTROPES10 – VASODILATORS11 – ACE INHIBITORS

12 – CALCIUM CHANNEL ANTAGONISTS

13 – BETA-ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS

14 – DIGITALIS

15 – ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENTS

16 – ANTICOAGULANT AND ANTIPLATELET THERAPY

17 – NUTRACEUTICALS

III: EXAMINATION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

18 – PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

19 – ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY

20 – AMBULATORY ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY

21. – CANINE CARDIAC RADIOLOGY

22 – FELINE CARDIAC RADIOLOGY

23. – ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

24 – CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION

25 – MEASUREMENT OF SYSTEMIC BLOOD PRESSURE

IV: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND SYNDROMES: RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT

26 – ANESTHESIA AND SEDATION OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR PATIENT

27 – EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

28 – MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE

29 – VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA

30 – SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA

31 – BRADYARRHYTHMIA

32 – CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION

33 – SYSTEMIC HYPERTENSION

34. – DEGENERATIVE VALVULAR DISEASE

35 – INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

36 – CANINE DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

37 – CANINE IDIOPATHIC HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY CARDIOMYOPATHY

38 – FELINE HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

39 – FELINE RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY

40 – FELINE DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

41 – FELINE ENDOMYOCARDITIS

42 – FELINE SECONDARY MYOCARDIAL DISEASES

43 – MYOCARDITIS

44 – TRAUMATIC MYOCARDITIS

45 – PERICARDIAL DISEASE

46 – COR PULMONALE

47 – PULMONARY THROMBOEMBOLISM

48 – PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS

49 – AORTIC STENOSIS

50 – PULMONIC STENOSIS

51 – VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECTS

52 – ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS

53 – TRICUSPID VALVE DYSPLASIA

54 – MITRAL VALVE DYSPLASIA

55 – CYANOTIC CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

58 – FELINE AORTIC THROMBOEMBOLISM

57 – CARDIAC PACING

58 – CANINE HEARTWORM DISEASE

59 – FELINE HEARTWORM DISEASE

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