Manual of Canine and Feline Cardiology: Edition 5

Francis W. K. Smith · Larry P. Tilley · Mark Oyama · Meg M. Sleeper

ພ.ພ. 2015 · Elsevier Health Sciences

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- NEW! Genetic and Biomarker Testing of Cardiovascular Diseases chapter covers genetic testing for mutations associated with specific cardiac diseases and testing for circulating substances indicative of heart disease or injury. - NEW! Nutrition and Cardiovascular Disease chapter focuses on the significant role nutrition can play in preventing or treating cardiac disease. - NEW! Significantly revised Echocardiography chapter features the latest information on indications and the role of the electrocardiogram in clinical practice. - NEW! All new doppler echocardiogram images in the Feline Cardiomyopathy chapter show the primary cardiomyopathies, including: severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, severe hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, severe dilated cardiomyopathy, severe endomyocardial fibrosis and restrictive cardiomyopathy, severe unclassified cardiomyopathy, and severe arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. - NEW! Section on hybrid cardiac procedures in the Cardiac Surgery chapter include image-guided catheter-based interventions with direct transcardiac (transatrial, transventricular, transapical) surgical approaches to the heart.

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Francis W.K. Smith, Jr., DVM Diplomate ACVIM is board certified in both internal medicine and cardiology and is a clinical assistant professor at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. He is Vice-President and co-founder with Dr. Tilley of VetMed Consultants, Inc.Larry Patrick Tilley, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM is President, VetMedConsultants, Inc. in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Dr. Tilley has been one of the foremost consultants and educators in veterinary cardiology for nearly 20 years. He is also well known as the author of the popular book, The 5-Minute Veterinary Consult (the Wiley-Blackwell publication that launched an entire series of 5-minute books) with Dr. Smith. Tilley is a popular presenter at veterinary conferences nationally and internationally. As Dr. Smith's co-founder of CardioPet in 1980, Dr. Tilley has been a driving force behind telemedicine and its development as a service devoted to consultant expertise and continuing education.Meg Sleeper, VMD, graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania veterinary school in 1993. She is an associate professor of cardiology and served as section chief from 2001 to 2011. Dr. Sleeper has published over 70 peer-reviewed original papers, more than 50 review papers or case reports, and authored 4 books. She has lectured at numerous prestigious conferences, including the American Heart Association and the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum, and has coordinated the small animal cardiology section at the AVMA conference since 2009. Dr. Sleeper has trained 18 veterinary cardiologists and joined the University of Florida veterinary school faculty in 2015. She serves on the editorial or review boards of 11 journals and has contributed to the Great Ape Heart Project since 2011, focusing on improving cardiac health in ape species.