Diets and nutrition for cardiac disease in companion animals
Cardiac disease isn’t just about leaky valves or enlarged chambers – it’s a full-body metabolic uphe...
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Grain-free diets in pets: where are we at with the evidence?
Most veterinary professionals (myself included) have long since felt that grain-free diets are a fad...
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Pericardial effusions in small animals: causes and diagnosis
Pericardial disease includes various disorders affecting the pericardium, the double-walled sac cont...
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Congenital cardiac defects in dogs: patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defects and subaortic stenosis
In the second instalment of this series discussing common congenital cardiac defects in dogs, we wil...
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Congenital cardiac defects in dogs: pulmonic stenosis and atrial septal defects
Congenital cardiac diseases present significant challenges in veterinary medicine. This series aims ...
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Electrocardiographs for veterinary nurses
Electrocardiographs (ECGs) are a helpful tool that can assist with the diagnosis, treatment and mana...
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Patent ductus arteriosus in dogs: diagnosis and interventional occlusion
Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a common form of congenital heart disease in dogs (Schrope, 2015; ...
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Nursing feline patients with heart disease and heart failure
Feline cardiomyopathies are common in the general cat population, with reports assessing prevalence ...
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How can nutrients play a role in cats and dogs with cardiac disease?
Heart disease is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in cats and dogs, with an estimated 10 per...
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Nutritional recommendations in canine myxomatous mitral valve disease
Heart disease affects 10 percent of dogs in general practice (Keene et al., 2019), with myxomatous m...
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Auscultation: back to the basics
Auscultation is a key skill as part of the physical examination, but recent data suggests that most ...
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Dietary management in preclinical canine mitral valve disease
Canine myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is a common condition in which progressive mitral valv...
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The nurse’s role in the treatment and management of the dyspnoeic patient
The main purpose of the respiratory system is to deliver oxygen to the lungs and remove carbon dioxi...
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