The Royal Veterinary College has published two studies on canine mitral valve repair that give UK veterinary teams clearer evidence on perioperative risk, recovery timing and owner expectations for this specialist procedure.

The clinical team at the RVC…

Boehringer Ingelheim has released details of research presented at the 29th World Veterinary Congress which shows dogs with congestive heart failure (CHF)  due to myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) live longer when treated with pimobendan (Vetmedin®) compared…

Boehringer Ingelheim has announced the results of an independent three-year study which demonstrates that dogs suffering from the most common type of heart failure lived longer (average time in the study of 267 days vs. 140 days) when treated with the…

Veterinary surgeons are being called on to help recruit dogs for a clinical study called EPIC - the Evaluation of Pimobendan In dogs with Cardiomegaly caused by pre-clinical mitral valve disease (MVD).

The long-term study, which is supported by Boehringer…

Veterinary cardiologist Pedro Oliveira and his team at Davies Veterinary Specialists (DVS) have teamed up with doctors from St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London to use a cutting edge technique to cure dogs with life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia. …

The RVC has published the results of a study which showed that dogs treated with pimobendan at the preclinical stage of mitral valve disease (MVD) remained asymptomatic for an average 15 months longer and lived for significantly longer than the placebo…

Cardiologists at Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service in Solihull have performed a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure on an eight-week-old Staffordshire bull terrier puppy weighing 2.2kg, believed to be amongst the smallest dogs ever to…

Veterinary cardiologists at Surrey-based North Downs Specialist Referrals (NDSR) have performed what is believed to be the first cutting balloon angioplasty on a cat with double chambered right ventricle.

Sylvie, a four-month-old Maine Coon, was referred…

Brigite Pedro MRCVS, an RCVS and European Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology at Willows Veterinary Centre is to lead an in-depth international study into atrial fibrillation in dogs, and is appealing to colleagues to support the research by referring…

Cardiologists at Davies Veterinary Specialists in Hertfordshire have implanted a stent across the pulmonic valve of a four-month-old French Bulldog with severe and deteriorating pulmonic stenosis, believed to be a first in the UK.

Davies says pulmonic…

Veterinary surgeons are being asked to take blood pressure readings from cats over seven years of age and submit them to The Mercury Challenge, Europe's largest study into feline hypertension.

The Mercury Challenge, which is being conducted by Ceva…

Davies Veterinary Specialists reports that it has performed two successful surgeries on dogs to cure cardiac arrhythmia, without support from the human medical field.

Davies says its Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, headed by Pedro Oliveira (pictured…

The Royal Veterinary College has performed world-first surgery to correct a combination of congenital heart defects in a dog that needed a repair to its tricuspid valve and common atrium.

Lottie, an 11-month-old Labrador puppy was found to have a very…

Ceva Animal Health, maker of Amodip, has found that only 20% of the owners of older cats have had a blood pressure check suggested by their vet¹, despite the International Society of Feline Medicine recommendation that one be performed annually in cats…

The Royal Veterinary College has announced that its researchers have identified the conditions needed to generate pluripotent stem cells from domestic cats, a finding which could lead to a cure for feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in cats, and ultimately…

According to a review published in the May edition of the Journal of Small Animal Practice, administration of ACEIs to dogs with preclinical MMVD and cardiomegaly results in little or no difference in the risk of developing congestive heart failure and…

A world-first clinical audit which looked at the outcomes of minimally-invasive surgical procedures in dogs, published in The Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, has concluded that the process of performing a clinical audit in veterinary clinical interventions…

Vita Animal Health has published the results of a survey which found that only 41% of dog owners know that Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are prone to heart disease and only 39% felt they would recognise the signs.

The survey of 1,019 dog owners was conducted…

The Equine Veterinary Journal has published a collection of 20 papers in which researchers shed light on advancements in the cardiac physiology, diagnostic techniques and management of various conditions, including atrial fibrillation (AF).

The collection…