Category: Cardiology

An echocardiogram (ultrasound of the heart) uses ultrasound waves to create real time images that allow the cardiologist to evaluate the heart size, valve function

Simply defined, an arrhythmia is an abnormal heart rhythm.This can include a heart rhythm that is too fast (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia), or has early

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) simply means thickening of the heart muscle and is the most common heart disease in adult cats. The heart is made up

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a disease of the heart muscle that results in weakened heart strength and poor pumping ability. As the disease progresses the

Canine valve disease is an idiopathic degenerative change of the heart valves and is common in older dogs, especially small breed dogs. There are 4

Cardiomyopathy is a general term for disease of the heart muscle. Boxers are a breed with a higher chance of developing a cardiomyopathy, specifically Arrhythmogenic

A patent ductus arteriosus is one of the most common heart defects that dogs are born with. The ductus arteriosus is a normal fetal structure