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Trust is good, control is better - How to manage your heart patient

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What is meant with pre-clinical heart disease in dogs and cats?
The animal belongs to a risk group for developing heart disease
The animal is currently free from heart disease but will develop it in the future
The animal is diagnosed with heart disease but show no outward abnormal clinical signs
The animal has cardiac disease and shows signs of congestive heart failure
 
What can be said about the effect of ACE-inhibitors in dogs with pre-clinical myxomatous mitral valve disease?
a. They can reverse the progress of the disease
b. They can stop the progression of the disease
c. They can delay the onset of congestive heart failure
None of the alternatives a-c.
 
What can be said about the effect of pimobendan in dogs with pre-clinical myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) and cardiac enlargement?
It can reverse the progress of the disease
It can stop the progression of the disease
It can delay the onset of congestive heart failure
It worsens the severity of MMVD
 
What can be said about the effect of pimobendan in dogs with pre-clinical dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)?
It can reverse the progress of the disease
It can stop the progression of the disease
It can delay the onset of congestive heart failure
It worsens the severity of DCM
 
Which drug would you consider indicated in a cat with pre-clinical feline cardiomyopathy and left atrial enlargement, regardless of phenotypic presentation?
Clopidogrel
Pimobendan
Beta-blocker
ACE-inhibitor
 
Murmur assessment in dogs and cats is highly important. Which of the following answer alternatives is most correct?
Murmur assessment is equally important in the assessment of various heart diseases in dogs and cats.
Murmur assessment has a higher prognostic and diagnostic value in some heart diseases, such as myxomatous mitral valve disease, than others.
Murmur assessment can rarely provide information of value for disease severity estimation.
Murmur assessment can always provide diagnostic information of value for handling dogs and cats in congestive heart failure.
 
Respiratory rate has a high diagnostic value when monitoring patients with heart disease. Which of the following answer alternatives is most correct?
Resolution of congestive heart failure (CHF) never results in a reduction in respiratory rate into pre-CHF ranges
Respiratory rate is rarely below 30 breaths per minute in a clinical setting.
Resolution of CHF results in a reduction in respiratory rate into pre-CHF ranges.
Respiratory rate can frequently be below 30 breaths per minute also in a clinical setting.
 
Monitoring of an animals’ breathing pattern is important in dogs and cats with heart disease. Which of the following answer alternatives is most correct?
The expiration and inspiration phases are usually of similar duration.
The inspiration phase is usually of longer duration.
During inspiration, the thoracic and abdominal walls move in.
During expiration, the thoracic and abdominal walls move out.
 
A paradoxical breathing pattern can be detected in cats with heart disease. Which of the following answer alternatives is most correct?
A paradoxical breathing pattern is commonly seen in cats with pre-clinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
A paradoxical breathing pattern is commonly seen in cats with left-sided congestive heart failure (CHF).
A paradoxical breathing pattern is commonly seen in cats with pulmonary edema.
A paradoxical breathing pattern is commonly seen in cats with compensated/stable CHF.
 
Arterial thromboembolism (ATE) can be detected in animals with heart disease. Which of the following answer alternatives is most correct?
ATE is commonly seen in both cats and dogs in CHF.
ATE is more commonly seen in cat affected by heart disease. than in dogs.
ATE always affect the hindlimbs and never any of the front limbs.
ATE always leads to complete paralysis and never only partial paralysis.