Advancing technology has provided clinicians with ever more powerful and effective drugs for treating diseases. As more drugs
become available, it becomes progressively more difficult to be aware of the numerous side effects, contraindications, and
drug interactions of the many cardiopulmonary drugs available. This seminar has been designed in the hope of facilitating
rational drug selections for the treatment of cardiopulmonary diagnosis. For a more exhaustive review of individual drugs,
the reader should refer to the package insrt and references. The reader should also follow the current veterinary literature,
as new dosing recommendations may become available as a result of clinical use and scientific research. This advice is especially
appropriate for new or infrequently used drugs. A handout of drugs and drug dosages, etc. will possibly be made available
at seminar, or you can request a copy (email: tilleyvetmed@earthlink.net
).
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The following is a classification of some common drugs that are used in treating cardiac disease in the dog and cat:
References
Tilley, L.P.; Smith, F.W.K., Jr. (Eds): The Five Minute Veterinary Consult-Canine & Feline Medicine 4th
Edition. Ames, Iowa, Wiley Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Tilley, L.P.; Smith, F.W.K. Jr.; Oyama, M.; and Sleeper, M.: Manual of Canine & Feline Cardiology, 4
th
Edition.Elsevier, St. Louis, 2008.
Kittleson, M.D.; Kienle, R.D.: Small Animal Cardiovascular Medicine. Philadelphia, Mosby, 1998.
Norsworthy, G.; Crystal, M.; Fooshee, S.; Tilley, L.P.: The Feline Patient, 4th Edition. Ames, Iowa, Wiley Blackwell Publishing, 2010 (in press).
