by Laine Brown | Apr 10, 2022
At the time of consultation with VCA, we will provide several options with handout information sheets and advice to match the level of cardiac disease, type of cardiac disease and also take into account other concurrent conditions such as kidney function and weight...
by Laine Brown | Apr 10, 2022
A cough can occur from many causes. Unfortunately, the type of cough (or even what a veterinarian hears with their stethoscope) does not tell us the cause of the cough. Likely not heart disease: A cough that occurs in a pet with a normal breathing rate (see above) is...
by Laine Brown | Apr 10, 2022
No. Fortunately, dogs don’t experience chest pain (because they don’t have coronary artery disease) and don’t have strokes due to heart disease. For dogs with mitral valve disease (the most common cause of cardiac disease) sudden death is also rare. As a general...
by Laine Brown | Apr 10, 2022
The most common cardiac disease in dogs is aging of the mitral valve . Much like arthritis, this is a slowly progressing disease that affects older dogs. Optimal monitoring and treatment when appropriate will delay the development of heart failure and most dogs will...
by Laine Brown | Apr 10, 2022
At VCA we offer state-of-the art options for the treatment of some forms of heart disease. We regularly perform non-invasive, fluoroscopically-guided procedures to fix birth defects of the heart including patent ductus arteriosus, pulmonic stenosis, tricuspid stenosis...
