Cardiorespiratory Medicine

The cardiorespiratory service

The Medicine Service welcomes cardiorespiratory medicine cases. Examples of problems routinely investigated/treated include:

• Coughing
• Sneezing and/or chronic nasal discharge
• Tachypnoea/dyspnoea
• Pleural effusion
• Pneumothorax
• Heart murmur
• Congestive heart failure
• Episodic collapse
• Cardiac dysrhythmias
• Hypertension
• Pericardial effusion

Our facilities

We are well equipped to investigate and manage both routine and less common cardiorespiratory cases including critical care patients.

Cardiac cases

Respiratory cases

Critical cardiorespiratory cases

Current Clinical Studies

• We are investigating the use of helium/oxygen mixtures during bronchoscopy, as it is thought that this is likely to reduce the temporary hypoxia which can occur during this procedure.
• We are investigating the prevalence and characteristics of bacterial pneumonia within different respiratory diseases in the dog.
• We are investigating the prevalence of the cardiac myosin-binding protein C (MyBPC3) genetic mutation (which causes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Maine Coons)within the UK population.