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
Episodes
27 episodes
The 2024 Christmas Quiz (part 2)
This is part 2 of The Animal Heartbeat Christmas Quiz 2024 - is you have not already done so, make sure to listen to part 1 before enjoying this episode!Merry Christmas to all of our listeners! How better to celebrate the holiday season...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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43:47
The 2024 Christmas Quiz (part 1)
Merry Christmas to all of our listeners! How better to celebrate the holiday season that a Christmas Quiz? Join Jose and Kieran, alongside some guest hosts - hand picked as future stars of the veterinary cardiology world to test our hosts' know...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:06:12
11: Hallowe'en Special - the most terrifying heart diseases
Hallowe'en is a time for bringing people together and sharing scary stories. Did you ever hear the one about the young, newlywed couple who broke down on the country road by the old psychiatric hospital...? No need to worry - this strictly scie...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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57:33
10: The LOOK-Mitral Registry, with Prof Michele Borgarelli
Mitral valve disease is the most common heart disease diagnosed in dogs. Our understanding of it affects how we manage a wide range of scenarios, from asymptomatic heart murmurs detected at annual vaccination, to patients with respiratory signs...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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55:48
9: Diuretic strategy and overcoming resistance, with Prof Mark Oyama
Vets understand that the cornerstone of treatment for congestive heart failure in animals is the use of loop diuretics, such as furosemide. But resistance occurs in all patients over time, and intensification of diuretic treatment is a vital pa...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:15:38
8: Echocardiographic measurements, with Prof Lance Visser
As veterinary cardiologists, we rely on ultrasound every day to assess cardiac structure and function. Whilst important for owners to understand the cause of a murmur or clinical signs, we use echo to make critical decisions about when and how ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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1:12:16
7: An equine cardiology safari, with Prof Colin Schwarzwald
Horses are highly evolved athletes, with mind-bending changes to the cardiovascular system achieved during exercise. How does the spectrum of heart disease compare to that seen in dogs and cats? Join our hosts, Jose and Kieran, as they enjoy a ...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:16:40
6: Screening for feline HCM, with Prof Jens Häggström
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) affects 1 in 7 cats overall, and has huge implications for feline health and wellbeing across the globe. Strategies to detect early disease are fundamentally important to both pet owners and cat breeders, so th...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:09:44
5: Dilated cardiomyopathy and its phenocopies, with Prof Sonya Gordon
Dilated cardiomyopathy is one of the most challenging diseases in veterinary cardiology. Early detection is key to maximising benefit for individual dogs, but clinical signs are lacking and physical exam may be unremarkable. Adding to this, ech...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:12:07
4: The Renin-Angiotensin System in 2024, with Prof Marisa Ames
We all learned about the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in school... Or did we? This fantastic, in-depth interview on our current understanding of the RAAS will provide a revolutionary new perspective on how we may be able to harness the ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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57:37
3: Next Generation Treatment of HCM, with Prof Joshua Stern
Over the last year, research data has indicated some potential hope for anti-hypertrophic drug use in feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In this episode, Prof Joshua Stern, Associate Dean of Research at NC State University and current Presiden...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:01:49
2: Veterinary Clinical Research, with Prof Adrian Boswood
What do you understand by clinical research? What makes a good research study, and what limitations are common in veterinary publications? How should clinical research work impact what we do as clinicians? In this episode, hosts Kieran and Jose...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:09:56
1: Heart surgery in dogs vs. humans: LIVE from the Cambridge Festival
Welcome to Season 2 of The Animal Heartbeat! It's great to be back. Join our hosts, Kieran and Jose, as they facilitate a panel discussion featuring world-renowned experts from the canine and human cardiology world. This fascinating special epi...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:24:00
Christmas Special pt2: The 12 Heart Diseases of Christmas
Christmas Day! As the roast dinner is cooking and the Prosecco is being chilled, join Jose and Kieran as they finalise their choice for top heart disease of 2023. Make sure to listen to the end for "The 12 Heart Diseases of Christmas" song in f...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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41:07
Christmas Special pt1: The 12 Heart Diseases of Christmas
Christmas Eve. As Father Christmas readies the reindeer, what better way to prepare for festivities than discussing our favourite 12 heart diseases of Christmas? Join Kieran and Jose as they review their top heart disease facts and begin the pr...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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45:21
12: Live Special, from ECVIM Congress 2023
Recorded live at ECVIM Congress in 2023, this very special season finale see Kieran and Jose interview six incredible veterinary cardiology Diplomates from across the globe. Prof Roberto Santilli (Cornell / Malpensa) discusses his work on atria...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:19:03
11: Prof Anna Gelzer & Dr Brigite Pedro, on Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation is a common and often debilitating arrhythmia, which can affect a heterogenous patient population. Being in atrial fibrillation reduces cardiac output significantly, and can lead to a vicious circle of tachycardia and cardia...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:12:41
10: Prof Brian Scansen, on Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
Pulmonary valve stenosis has become the most common congenital heart disease in dogs, and changes to the breeding population of dogs across the world over the last 20 years has seemingly influenced the morphology of the disease that we identify...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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57:38
9: Prof Gerhard Wess, on dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs
Dilated cardiomyopathy is a common disease in dogs, which is almost uniquely difficult to diagnose in the early stages. In this episode, Kieran and Jose interview Prof Gerhard Wess, a clinician and researcher who leads the cardiology department...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:18:27
8: Dr Claudio Bussadori, on aortic stenosis in dogs
Dr Claudio Bussadori, inspirational veterinary specialist in cardiology and experienced human interventional cardiologist from the Clinica Veterinaria Gran Sasso in Milan, discusses aortic stenosis with Jose and Kieran. In the 23-years since he...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:13:21
7: Prof Luis Fuentes on Treating Feline Cardiomyopathy, Beyond Furosemide and Clopidogrel
In the first of our special guest episodes, Professor Virginia Luis Fuentes from the Royal Veterinary College, London, joins Kieran and Jose to talk about treating cardiomyopathy in cats - beyond furosemide and clopidogrel. Listen in as Prof Lu...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:08:03
6: Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension is a common complicating factor of heart disease in dogs, but is a cardiovascular disorder in its own right, associated with a number of primary disease processes. In this episode, Jose and Kieran discuss the diagnosis, c...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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51:53
5: Mitral valve disease prognostic indicators - pt2
In the second part of their discussion on mitral valve disease prognostic indicators, Jose and Kieran talk about what echo measurements provide the most useful assessment of prognosis in stage B disease, consider whether there is a place for us...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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26:09
4: Mitral valve disease prognostic indicators - pt1
Mitral valve disease in dogs is the most common disorder encountered in veterinary cardiology. In this episode, Kieran and Jose discuss what factors could predict those dogs which are more likely to progress, what tests could be used to assess ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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32:28
3: Heart murmurs in puppies
Jose and Kieran discuss heart murmurs in juvenile dogs. What findings make a heart murmur less likely to be pathological, and are there any ways of identifying young dogs with the most significant heart disease in primary care practice? What ab...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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41:23