Feline Cardiology (Hardcover)

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

Authors xiii

Section A: Clinical Entities 3

Chapter 1. Heart Murmurs and Gallop Heart Sounds 5

Chapter 2. Exercise Intolerance and Syncope 13

Chapter 3. Pleural Effusion 19

Chapter 4. Dyspnea and Cough 25

Chapter 5. Cardiopulmonary Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation 29

Section B: Diagnostic Testing 35

Chapter 6. Radiography 37

Chapter 7. Echocardiography 51

Chapter 8. Cardiac Biomarkers 69

Chapter 9. Electrocardiography 77

Section C: Congenital Heart Disease 83

Chapter 10: Congenital Heart Malformations 85

Section D: Cardiomyopathies 101

Chapter 11. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 103

Chapter 12. Restrictive/Unclassified Cardiomyopathy 177

Chapter 13. Dilated Cardiomyopathy 183

Chapter 14. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy 189

Section E: Other Forms of Structural Heart Disease 193

Chapter 15. Acquired Valvular Disease 195

Chapter 16. Cardiac Neoplasia 201

Chapter 17. Miscellaneous Myocardial Disease 205

Section F: Arrhythmias and Other Electrocardiographic Abnormalities 211

Chapter 18. Arrhythmias and Other Electrocardiographic Abnormalities 213

Section G: Congestive Heart Failure 255

Chapter 19. Congestive Heart Failure 257

Section H: Arterial Thromboembolism 303

Chapter 20. Arterial Thromboembolism 305

Section I: Systemic Hypertension 323

Chapter 21. Systemic Hypertension 325

Section J: Pericardial Diseases 341

Chapter 22. Pericardial Effusion and Other Disorders of the Pericardium 343

Section K: Heartworm Disease 351

Chapter 23. Heartworm Disease 353

Section L: Comorbidities 365

Chapter 24. Comorbidities: Managing Cats That Have Coexistent Cardiac Disease and Extracardiac Disorders 367

Section M: Pulmonary Arterial Disorders 381

Chapter 25. Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Pulmonary Hypertension 383

Section N: Endocrine Diseases Affecting the Heart 393

Chapter 26. Endocrine Diseases Affecting the Heart 395

Section O: Anesthesia in the Patient with Cardiac Disease 409

Chapter 27. Anesthesia in the Patient with Cardiac Disease 411
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Section P: Cardiac Screening Programs 423

Chapter 28. Cardiac Screening Programs 425

Section Q: Which Drug for Which Disease? 431

Chapter 29. Which Drug for Which Disease? 433

Section R: Drug Formulary 439

Chapter 30. Drug Formulary 441

Index 469