Abstract Micro-electromechanical-system (MEMS) based actuators, which transduce certain
domains of energy into mechanical movements in the microscopic scale, are increasingly …

Congenital heart disease is an important subset of all cardiovascular disease in dogs and
cats that is present at birth and most often detected in young animals but can be diagnosed …

Feline congenital heart disease is less commonly encountered in veterinary medicine than
acquired feline heart diseases such as cardiomyopathy. Understanding the wide spectrum …

With ever-increasing sophistication of veterinary cardiology, minimally invasive percatheter
occlusion and dilation procedures for the treatment of various congenital cardiovascular …

Introduction Overall complication rates associated with a wide range of diagnostic and
therapeutic interventional cardiac procedures in a contemporary academic setting have not …

Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) allows imaging of the heart through the
oesophagus using a special transducer mounted on a modified endoscope. The proximity to …

Trypanosoma cruzi infection diagnosed in dogs in nonendemic areas and results from a
survey suggest a need for increased Chagas disease awareness in North America in: Journal …

Background Beta‐blockade is sometimes used in dogs with pulmonic stenosis with the
intent of reducing frequency of ventricular arrhythmias during right heart catheterization …

The discipline of cardiology is directed at care of the heart and vasculature; interventional
cardiology is a subspecialty of cardiovascular medicine that affects a therapeutic outcome …

Atrial septal defects have been well reported in humans and dogs and the principles of
intervention have been well established. In contrast, there is very little information published …