Common Canine Heart Diseases

Different Diseases Require Different Treatments.

Here you’ll find a list of common canine heart diseases, so you can understand exactly what’s going on inside your dog’s heart.

Here you’ll find a list of common canine heart diseases, so you can understand exactly what’s going on inside your dog’s heart.

Acquired Heart Disease

Physiologic Murmur in Dogs

A physiologic murmur is common in large-breed dogs.   This represents mild turbulence within the great vessels and is not the result of structural heart

Systemic Hypertension in Dogs

Systemic Hypertension is a state of high blood pressure within the body. This means that the heart must work very hard to propel blood forward,

Heart Base Tumors in Dogs

Heart Base Tumors are most frequently chemodectomas, which are benign, slow growing tumors of the aortic body chemoreceptors.   These tumors can cause the accumulation

Right Auricular Mass in Dogs

A right atrial/auricular mass is most likely a hemangiosarcoma.   Other tumor types would include chemodectoma or carcinoma.   The prognosis is typically poor; however,

Pericardial Effusion in Dogs

Pericardial Effusion is a condition where there is a fluid accumulation within the pericardial sac.   This causes the pressures outside of the heart to

Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Dogs

Dilated Cardiomyopathy is a primary myocardial disease wherein the heart muscle is damaged and becomes very weak.   The left ventricle dilates and has a

Chronic Valve Disease in Dogs

Myxomatous Mitral Valve Degeneration (i.e. Chronic Valve Disease or Endocardiosis) is a chronic, degenerative disease of the mitral valve (62% of affected patients have only

Congenital Heart Disease

Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) in Dogs

A Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) is a congenital cardiac disease, causing communication between the left and right ventricle.   These can occur in numerous locations

Tricuspid Valve Dysplasia in Dogs

Tricuspid Valve Dysplasia is a congenital disease where the tricuspid valve did not form properly in utero.   This condition allows tricuspid regurgitation (backwards blood

Pulmonic Valvular Stenosis in Dogs

Pulmonic valvular stenosis is a congenital condition wherein the valve did not form properly in utero. This valve does not open completely and makes the

Subaortic Stenosis in Dogs

Subaortic Stenosis is a condition where the aortic outflow tract is narrowed.   Most frequently, this a result of a partially or fully encircling fibrous

Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) in Dogs

A Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) is a congenital defect where the ductus arteriosus (fetal vascular connection) remains patent after birth.   This allows blood to

Arrythmias

Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS) in Dogs

Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS) is a condition where the sinus node (normal pacemaker of the heart) is diseased and not responding normally to the body’s

Ventricular Premature Complexes in Dogs

Ventricular Premature Complexes or Ventricular Tachycardia is an electrical disturbance, where the ventricular myocardium depolarizes at incorrect times. These may be due to numerous etiologies,

Atrial Premature Complexes in Dogs

Atrial premature complexes are often the result of atrial dilation (left or right); however, additional considerations would be mechanical irritation (perihilar lymph node enlargement, atrial/auricular

Atrial Fibrillation in Dogs

Atrial fibrillation is a condition where the atrium (top chambers of the heart) are no longer allowing organized electrical activity.   Rather, there is a

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