Table of Contents
List of Contributors ix
Foreword xi
List of Abbreviations xv
Introduction: Why Animals have a Circulatory System 1 H. Edward Durham, Jr.
Section I Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology 5
1 Cardiac Anatomy 7 H. Edward Durham, Jr.
2 Basic Cardiac Physiology 23 June A. Boon and H. Edward Durham, Jr.
Section II Diagnostics 43
3 History and Physical Examination 45 H. Edward Durham, Jr.
4 Electrocardiography 63 Shari Hemsley
5 Thoracic Radiography 111 Deborah M. Fine
6 Echocardiography and Doppler Study 133 Michelle St John and H. Edward Durham, Jr.
7 Blood Pressure Measurement and Systemic Hypertension 179 H. Edward Durham, Jr.
8 Angiography 199 Barbara P. Brewer
9 Cardiac Biomarkers 225 Kristin Hohnadel
Section III Cardiac Diseases 231
10 Congenital Heart Diseases 233 H. Edward Durham, Jr.
11 Acquired Heart Diseases 277 Stacey Leach
12 Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Neoplasia 301 Anne Myers
Section IV Therapies and Interventions 315
13 Pathophysiology of Heart Failure 317 June A. Boon and H. Edward Durham, Jr.
14 Drugs for Cardiac Therapy 329 Kathryn J. Atkinson
15 Treatment of Cardiac Disease 351 Robert J. Schutrumpf iii
16 Interventional Therapies 367 Anna McManamey, Anne Myers, and H. Edward Durham, Jr.
Section V Large Animal Cardiology 405
17 Equine Cardiology 407 H. Edward Durham, Jr.
18 Ruminant and Camelid Cardiology 443 Mark W. Harmon
Appendix 459
Index 467
