Côté / MacDonald / Meurs Feline Cardiology

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-470-96017-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 498 Seiten, E-Book

Feline Cardiology is the first book dedicated to thediagnosis and treatment of heart disease in cats. Designedfor use in clinical practice, this reference combines cutting-edgeinformation with practical applications, using a consistent formatfor ease of use. Feline Cardiology provides detailed,species-specific information that is absent from other texts, withan emphasis on the most commonly encountered feline cardiovasculardiseases.
Drawing on the expertise of four internationally recognizedauthors, the book is packed with state-of-the-art informationwithin the framework of daily practice. Coverage ranges frombasic and advanced treatment approaches for cardiomyopathies,arrhythmias, and many other disorders to the newest information ongenetic testing, circulating markers of heart disease, andmore. Feline Cardiology provides a comprehensivesingle resource to managing cardiovascular disease in cats and is awelcome addition to any small animal practice library.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Côté, Etienne

MacDonald, Kristin A.

Meurs, Kathryn Montgomery

Sleeper, Meg M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 CerebralResuscitation 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 Cardiomyopathy189
Section E: Other Forms of Structural Heart Disease193
Chapter 15. Acquired Valvular Disease 195
Chapter 16. Cardiac Neoplasia 201
Chapter 17. Miscellaneous Myocardial Disease 205
Section F: Arrhythmias and Other ElectrocardiographicAbnormalities 211
Chapter 18. Arrhythmias and Other ElectrocardiographicAbnormalities 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 thePericardium 343
Section K: Heartworm Disease 351
Chapter 23. Heartworm Disease 353
Section L: Comorbidities 365
Chapter 24. Comorbidities: Managing Cats That Have CoexistentCardiac Disease and Extracardiac Disorders 367
Section M: Pulmonary Arterial Disorders 381
Chapter 25. Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Pulmonary Hypertension383
Section N: Endocrine Diseases Affecting the Heart 393
Chapter 26. Endocrine Diseases Affecting the Heart 395
Section O: Anesthesia in the Patient with Cardiac Disease409
Chapter 27. Anesthesia in the Patient with Cardiac Disease411
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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

Über Autor(innen)

Etienne Côté, DVM, DACVIM (Cardiology, SmallAnimal Internal Medicine), is Associate Professor of CompanionAnimal Medicine at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University ofPrince Edward Island, Canada.
Kristin A. MacDonald, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Cardiology), isStaff Cardiologist at the VCA-Animal Care Center of Sonoma,California, USA.
Kathryn M. Meurs, DVM, PhD, DACVIM (Cardiology), isProfessor in the Department of Clinical Sciences, College ofVeterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, NorthCarolina, USA.
Meg M. Sleeper, VMD, DACVIM (Cardiology), is AssociateProfessor of Cardiology in the Department of Clinical Studies,School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,Pennsylvania, USA.