Pathophysiology and treatment of congestive heart failure in dogs and cats [electronic resource] / Jessica Ward.
Material type:![Film](/opac-tmpl/lib/famfamfam/VM.png)
Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Contents: Define heart failure -- Hemodynamic determinants of cardiac output -- Clinical signs of "forward" vs. "backward" heart failure -- How the body's neurohormonal compensatory systems respond to heart failure -- Categories of hemodynamic and neurohormonal abnormalities in heart failure that can be targeted with drug therapy -- Diuretics, vasodilators, positive inotropes, negative chronotropes, and drugs that modulate the RAAS and SNS systems -- Appropriate drug treatment plans for patients in heart failure (acute and chronic) -- Appropriate lifestyle changes to owners of patients with chronic CHF.
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