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
1: Heart surgery in dogs vs. humans: LIVE from the Cambridge Festival
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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 …
Christmas Special pt2: The 12 Heart Diseases of Christmas
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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. M…
Christmas Special pt1: The 12 Heart Diseases of Christmas
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Christmas Eve. As Father Christmas readies the reindeer, what better way to prepare for festivities than discussing our favourite 12 heart diseases of Christmas? Jo…
12: Live Special, from ECVIM Congress 2023
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Recorded live at ECVIM Congress in 2023, this very special season finale see Kieran and Jose interview six incredible veterinary cardiology Diplomates from across t…
11: Prof Anna Gelzer & Dr Brigite Pedro, on Atrial Fibrillation
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Atrial fibrillation is a common and often debilitating arrhythmia, which can affect a heterogenous patient population. Being in atrial fibrillation reduces cardiac …
10: Prof Brian Scansen, on Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
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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 …
9: Prof Gerhard Wess, on dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs
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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 P…
8: Dr Claudio Bussadori, on aortic stenosis in dogs
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Dr Claudio Bussadori, inspirational veterinary specialist in cardiology and experienced human interventional cardiologist from the Clinica Veterinaria Gran Sasso in…
7: Prof Luis Fuentes on Treating Feline Cardiomyopathy, Beyond Furosemide and Clopidogrel
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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 …
6: Pulmonary hypertension
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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 prim…
5: Mitral valve disease prognostic indicators - pt2
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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 asse…
4: Mitral valve disease prognostic indicators - pt1
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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 t…
3: Heart murmurs in puppies
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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 youn…
1: Feline cardiomyopathy pt1 - approach to suspected heart disease in asymptomatic cats
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Join veterinary cardiology specialists, Kieran Borgeat and Jose Novo Matos, in a discussion of feline heart disease. This is the first of a two-part series opening …
2: Feline cardiomyopathy pt2 - echocardiographic findings
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Join Kieran and Jose in the second part of a special series-opener on the topic of feline cardiology, focusing on echocardiographic findings in cats with cardiomyop…