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 [email protected]
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 35
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Cardiology icons 6: Prof Kate Meurs on the genetics of heart disease
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Season 3 of The Animal Heartbeat is all about the Veterinary Cardiology Icons - those who walk among us as legends of the veterinary cardiology world.
In this episod…
Cardiology icons 5: Mike Martin on interventional cardiology training and quality improvement
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Season 3 of The Animal Heartbeat is all about the Veterinary Cardiology Icons - those who walk among us as legends of the veterinary cardiology world.
This fifth edi…
Cardiology icons 4: Prof Robert Hamlin on key cardiology topics in 50-years as a veterinarian
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Season 3 of The Animal Heartbeat is all about the Veterinary Cardiology Icons - those who walk among us as legends of the veterinary cardiology world.
This episode f…
Cardiology icons 3: Dr Phil Fox on feline cardiomyopathy
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Season 3 of The Animal Heartbeat is all about the Veterinary Cardiology Icons - those who walk among us as legends of the veterinary cardiology world.
This episode f…
Cardiology icons 2: Prof Chris Orton on mechanisms of mitral valve disease and trans catheter edge-to-edge repair
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Season 3 of The Animal Heartbeat is all about the Veterinary Cardiology Icons - those who walk among us as legends of the veterinary cardiology world.
This episode f…
Cardiology icons 1: Prof. Sydney Möise on cardiac arrhythmias
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Season 3 of The Animal Heartbeat is all about the Veterinary Cardiology Icons - those who walk among us as legends of the veterinary cardiology world.
This episode f…
Artificial Intelligence in Human and Veterinary Cardiology - Live from the Cambridge Festival
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Our Animal Heartbeat live panel discussion in 2025 covers the topic of artificial intelligence and its use in veterinary and human patients. Our panel review topics…
Top Tips from Two Seasons of The Animal Heartbeat (Live from SPCAV Congress 2025)
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Join Kieran and Jose as guests of the Portuguese Society of Veterinary Cardiology 2025 Congress, where we reflect on the past two seasons of The Animal Heartbeat, a…
The 2024 Christmas Quiz (part 2)
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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 Chris…
The 2024 Christmas Quiz (part 1)
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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 p…
11: Hallowe'en Special - the most terrifying heart diseases
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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 countr…
10: The LOOK-Mitral Registry, with Prof Michele Borgarelli
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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 …
9: Diuretic strategy and overcoming resistance, with Prof Mark Oyama
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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…
8: Echocardiographic measurements, with Prof Lance Visser
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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 murm…
7: An equine cardiology safari, with Prof Colin Schwarzwald
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Horses are highly evolved athletes, with mind-bending changes to the cardiovascular system achieved during exercise. How does the spectrum of heart disease compare …
6: Screening for feline HCM, with Prof Jens Häggström
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) affects 1 in 7 cats overall, and has huge implications for feline health and wellbeing across the globe. Strategies to detect earl…
5: Dilated cardiomyopathy and its phenocopies, with Prof Sonya Gordon
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Dilated cardiomyopathy is one of the most challenging diseases in veterinary cardiology. Early detection is key to maximising benefit for individual dogs, but clini…
4: The Renin-Angiotensin System in 2024, with Prof Marisa Ames
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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 wi…
3: Next Generation Treatment of HCM, with Prof Joshua Stern
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Over the last year, research data has indicated some potential hope for anti-hypertrophic drug use in feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In this episode, Prof Josh…
2: Veterinary Clinical Research, with Prof Adrian Boswood
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What do you understand by clinical research? What makes a good research study, and what limitations are common in veterinary publications? How should clinical resea…