The Animal Heartbeat
Award-winning podcast dedicated to veterinary cardiology: created, hosted and produced by veterinary Specialists, made for vets, nurses, technicians and students - and, anybody who wants to know more about heart disease in animals. Hosted by Kieran Borgeat and Jose Novo Matos, and featuring top vet cardiology guests from all over the world. Please contact us using the "Message the Hosts" feature, or email us any thoughts, feedback or ideas via animalheartbeat@gmail.com
The Animal Heartbeat
Latest Episodes
Prof Ronald Li: anti-thrombotic drugs and managing ATE
Arterial thromboembolism in cats is one of the most challenging presentations that we encounter in veterinary cardiology - sudden onset, extremely painful, and associated with a high mortality rate related to the complications of ischaemic neur...
Prof Brianna Potter: transoesophageal echocardiography
Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE, or TEE if you're of the American English persuasion!) is an increasingly accessible imaging modality for cardiologists in clinical practice. Over the past decade, using TOE as a routine part of patent duc...
Prof Ryan Fries: advanced imaging in feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Are you confident in making a diagnosis of feline HCM? We used to think so too... listen to Prof Ryan Fries, from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, discuss his particular interest and research activity in advanced imagi...
Prof Tommaso Vezzosi: the assessment of mitral regurgitation severity in dogs
Mitral regurgitation is one of the most common pathologies in veterinary cardiology, yet most cardiologists do not feel confident in making a direct assessment of MR severity. Does chamber size hold the key, or do we have to perform complex Dop...
Cardiomyopathy in humans and cats: LIVE from the Cambridge Festival 2026
We estimate that 1 in 7 cats have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, compared to 1 in 500 humans. In a number of ways, both species share similar characteristics of disease, and vets often look to the world of human medicine for better understanding....
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