SMALL ANIMAL VETERINARY CARE
Cardiology
Advanced heart health care for your pet
Cardiology
The WSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital is discontinuing Holter monitoring services for outside veterinary clinics. Holter monitoring will continue to be available for patients receiving care through the hospital. Any monitors already ordered by referring clinics will be fulfilled, but no new clinic orders will be accepted. For questions about existing orders, please contact our team.
Common conditions we evaluate and treat
- Congestive heart failure
- Degenerative valve disease (endocardiosis)
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congenital heart disease
- Pericardial disease
- Cardiac neoplasia
- Hypertension
- Arrhythmias
Health care services we offer
- Doppler echocardiography (ultrasound)
- Digital radiography
- Electrocardiography
- Blood pressure measurements
- 24-hour ECG (Holter) monitors
- Evaluation and treatment of all species
- Cardiac certifications for breeding animals
- Interventional cardiac surgery (pacemakers, balloon valvuloplasty, and vascular occlusion devices)
Hospital Stories
Rescue puppy overcomes heart defect, finds forever home with WSU veterinarian
A puppy saved from a hoarding situation has overcome a life-threatening heart defect and found a forever home with the WSU veterinarian who first stepped in as his medical foster.
WSU veterinarians restore dog’s heart, give owner more time with best friend
A life-saving pacemaker procedure at WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital helped an aging dog regain her strength and stay by her owner’s side after a dangerous heart condition.
Q&A with cardiology resident Dr. Anna Golden
Dr. Anna Golden’s path to veterinary cardiology began at Washington State University, where she earned her DVM and first discovered the field that would capture her interest. Now in her third year of a cardiology residency at WSU’s Veterinary Teaching Hospital, she is also pursuing a master’s degree in Veterinary Clinical and Translational Sciences.
Health Topics
- Boutique diets and heart disease Recent studies suggest dogs may process boutique diets differently.
- Heart valve malfunction in dogs (mitral insufficiency) Many dogs slowly develop degenerative thickening and progressive deformity of one or more heart valves as they age. In time, these changes cause the valve, most commonly the mitral valve, to leak. While it can lead to heart failure, many dogs with the condition never show signs of the disease outside of a loud heart […]
- Heart disease in cats (Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy) Some helpful information about the most common type of heart disease in cats.
Clinical Studies
Any current clinical studies for this service will be listed below.
- Dog aging project TRIAD study Trial of Rapamycin in Aging Dogs
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