The Animal Heartbeat

Message our hosts, Kieran and Jose. 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...

9 Sep 20241h 12min

Message our hosts, Kieran and Jose.Horses are highly evolved athletes, with mind-bending changes to the cardiovascular system achieved during exercise. How does the spectrum of heart disease compare t...

26 Aug 20241h 16min

Message our hosts, Kieran and Jose. 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...

12 Aug 20241h 9min

Message our hosts, Kieran and Jose. Dilated cardiomyopathy is one of the most challenging diseases in veterinary cardiology. Early detection is key to maximising benefit for individual dogs, but clini...

29 Jul 20241h 12min

Message our hosts, Kieran and Jose. 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...

15 Jul 202457min

Message our hosts, Kieran and Jose.Over the last year, research data has indicated some potential hope for anti-hypertrophic drug use in feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. In this episode, Prof Joshu...

1 Jul 20241h 1min

Message our hosts, Kieran and Jose. 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...

17 Jun 20241h 9min

Message our hosts, Kieran and Jose. 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 ...

3 Jun 20241h 24min