HeartSmart: Information on Pets with Heart Disease
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Abdominal Swelling
Behavior Changes
Coughing
Difficulty Breathing
Difficulty Sleeping
Fainting
Rear Limb Weakness
Reduced Ability to Exercise
Reduced or Altered Appetite
Quality of Life
Weight Loss or Poor Growth
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Treatment of Heart Disease Before the Start of Heart Failure
Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure
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A
ACE inhibitors
American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
amiodarone
angiogram
anorexia
arrhythmia
arterial thromboembolism
arterial thromboembolism (ATE)
ascites
Atenolol
B
Barkley Fund
behavior change
benazepril
blood pressure
bloodwork
body condition score
breathing rate
C
cachexia
canine heart disease
cardiac catheterization
cardiac troponin I
cardiology
Carvedilol
chemodectoma
chest x-ray
clopidogrel
coenzyme q10
congenital heart disease
congestive heart failure
coq10
coronary artery disease
coughing
Cummings
D
diet-associated dilated cardiomyopathy
difficulty breathing
difficulty sleeping
Digoxin
dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)
Diltiazem
DMVD
dyspnea
E
ECG
echo
echocardiogram
EKG
electrocardiogram
Emily Karlin
enalapril
euthanasia
exercise intolerance
F
fainting
feline heart disease
fish oil
furosemide
G
giving pills
H
heart failure
heart murmur
heartworm disease
hemangiosarcoma
high blood pressure
Holter monitor
hyperkalemia
hyperthyroidism
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)
J
John Rush
L
l-carnitine
lasix
Lisa Freeman
low sodium diet
M
Mexiletine
mitral valve disease
MMVD
muscle condition score
N
NT-proBNP
O
omega 3 fatty acids
P
patent ductus arteriosus (PDA)
pericardial disease
pericardial effusion
petfoodology
picky eater
pimobendan
Plavix
potassium
pulmonary edema
pulmonic stenosis
R
raw diet
rear limb paralysis
rear limb weakness
reduced appetite
respiratory rate
restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM)
S
salix
seizure
sotalol
spironolactone
stage D
subaortic stenosis (SAS)
sudden death
syncope
systemic hypertension
T
taurine
taurine deficiency
thoracic radiographs
Torsemide
Tufts
V
ventricular septal defect
ventricular septal defect (VSD)
veterinary cardiologist
veterinary emergency
veterinary nutritionist
vetmedin
W
weight loss
WSAVA nutrition score