Background and goals Cats have become the most popular pet in the United States, yet
statistics about veterinary care for cats remain troubling. Although most owners consider …

There is a growing interest in developing new molecular markers of heart disease in young
dogs affected by myxomatous mitral valve disease. The study aimed to measure 3 …

Objectives To assess the ability of electrocardiography (ECG) to predict left ventricular
hypertrophy (LVH) in the cat and to investigate the prognostic value of selected ECG …

Babesia rossi causes severe morbidity and mortality in dogs in sub-Saharan Africa, and the
complications associated with this disease are likely caused by an unfocused, excessive …

High salt dry expanded diets are commercially available for cats to increase water intake
and urine volume, as part of the prevention or treatment of naturally occurring urinary stone …

Background: Feline systemic arterial hypertension (SHT) is associated with a wide spectrum
of left ventricular (LV) geometric patterns as well as diastolic, and to a lesser extent, systolic …

Appropriate calculation and use of reference intervals have widespread clinical and
research implications. Unfortunately, reference intervals for blood pressure in one of the …

Objectives–To evaluate the effect of a single dose of pimobendan on left atrial (LA) function
in healthy cats. Animals–Eleven client owned healthy cats. Material and methods …

Background Cerebral microbleeds (CMB s) are focal intraparenchymal signal voids on
gradient‐echo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), corresponding to regions of chronic …

Objective To report the surgical repair of cor triatriatum sinister (CTS) incorporating heart‐
beating cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in a cat. Study Design Clinical case report. Animal …