This training is the best option you can find to specialize in veterinary cardiology and make more accurate diagnoses"

Cardiology of Small Animals is a subspecialty of Internal Medicine with a great development in the last decades. The teachers of this postgraduate diploma are at the forefront of the latest diagnostic techniques and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in small animals. Thanks to their specialized training, they have developed a useful, practical program adapted to the current reality, a reality that is becoming more and more demanding. 

This comprehensive program compiles the different cardiovascular diseases affecting small animals. It starts with a solid development of the basics of cardiovascular physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology, so often forgotten and so important and useful in daily clinical practice, followed by the optimization of clinical examination and diagnostic tests, and ending with the latest therapeutic protocols and patient monitoring procedures.

This training specializes the general practitioner in an area that is increasingly in demand, partly because of its frequency, partly because of the need for specialization that this area demands.   

In all the modules, a gradual exposition of knowledge at the physiological and pathophysiological level has been established, a development of the protocols for approaching patients with cardiovascular diseases with diagnostic and treatment algorithms, as well as the monitoring that should be done in these patients, since many of these diseases are chronic. It compiles the author’s experience, without forgetting scientific rigor and the most important updates based on evidence. It develops the diseases, the action protocols and takes into account the integral approach to the patient, considering the disease, the patient and the owner
in line with evidence-based medicine.  

All topics incorporate numerous multimedia material: photos, videos and diagrams, so important in a specialty where imaging techniques are of great importance. Finally, as it is an online postgraduate diploma, the students are not conditioned by fixed schedules, nor do they need to move to another physical location. All of the content can be accessed at any time of the day, so you can balance your working or personal life with your academic life.  

Don’t miss the opportunity to take this program with TECH. It’s the perfect opportunity to advance your career and stand out in an industry with high demand for professionals”

This postgraduate diploma in Clinical Veterinary Cardiology in Small Animals contains the most complete and up to date educational program on the market. The most important features of the program include: 

• The development of case studies presented by experts in Clinical Veterinary Cardiology in Small Animals
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• New developments in Clinical Veterinary Cardiology in Small Animals 
• Practical exercises where self assessment can be used to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies in Clinical Veterinary Cardiology in Small Animals
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection work
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

This postgraduate diploma is the best investment you can make in selecting a refresher program to update your veterinary knowledge in cardiology”

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations. 

This program is designed around Problem Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts with extensive experience in Clinical Veterinary Cardiology in Small Animals.  

This training comes with the best didactic material, providing you with a contextual approach that will facilitate your learning"

This 100% online program will allow you to combine your studies with your professional work while increasing your knowledge in this field"

The postgraduate diploma in Clinical Veterinary Cardiology in Small Animals is aimed at facilitating the performance of the professional dedicated to Veterinary Medicine with the latest advances and newest treatments in the sector.   

Learn about the latest advances in the field from the comfort of your home, thanks to the online mode on which this program is based"

General Objectives

• Examine the stages of embryonic development of the cardiovascular system
• Analyze cardiac and vascular anatomy
• Develop the normal function of the cardiovascular system
• Examine the main pathophysiological mechanisms of cardiac diseases in small animals
• Examine the pathophysiology of heart failure as the main paradigm of cardiology
• Assess the hygienic-dietary management of cardiovascular disease
• Analyze the key aspects of owner communication about cardiovascular disease in small animals
• Determine the drugs available for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases in small animals
• Determine the performance of a correct anamnesis focused on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
• Analyze in detail the fundamentals, technique and information provided by cardiorespiratory auscultation
• Develop the main clinical pictures of cardiorespiratory diseases in small animals
• Analyze the diagnostic tests involved in the diagnosis and assessment of the cardiovascular system such as laboratory tests, cardiac markers and blood pressure measurement

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Cardiac Embryology, Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology  

• Compile the chronology of embryonic and fetal development of the cardiovascular system in small animals
• Examine cardiac macro and microstructural morphology and vascular macro and microstructural morphology. 
• Develop the fundamental hemodynamic principles underlying cardiac physiology
• Determine the functions and design of the cardiovascular system
• Examine the contractile function of the heart
• Establish the parts of the cardiac cycle
• Analyze the factors on which cardiac output depends and the main mechanisms of cardiovascular regulation
• Assess the main pathophysiological mechanisms involved in diseases of the endocardium, myocardium and pericardium
• Generate specialized knowledge on cardiogenic pulmonary edema

Module 2. Heart Failure Cardiac Pharmacology  

• Analyze the pathophysiological mechanisms of heart failure and its repercussions on the rest of the systems and apparatuses
• Compile the existing evidence on the dietary management of cardiovascular disease in small animals
• Establish guidelines to provide correct information to the owner about the pet's cardiovascular disease
• Establish the mechanism of action, indications, adverse effects and contraindications of the main drugs used in the treatment of heart failure such as ACE inhibitors, diuretics and Pimobendan
• Examine the mechanism of action, indications, posology, adverse effects and contraindications of the main drugs used in the treatment of arrhythmias
• Determine the mechanism of action, indications, posology, adverse effects and contraindications of anticoagulant drugs

Module 3. Anamnesis and Cardiovascular Examination  

• Establish the key questions and their epidemiological and pathophysiological correlates of cardiorespiratory anamnesis in small animals
• Develop the fundamentals of cardiopulmonary auscultation and its implication in the clinic
• Examine cardiac and pulmonary auscultation technique 
• Analyze the information that cardiac and pulmonary auscultation can provide in the differential diagnosis
• Identify the key aspects for the diagnosis of the clinical picture of cough and dyspnea  
• Establish the key aspects for the diagnosis of the clinical picture of cyanosis and the clinical picture of syncope
• Determine the proper technique for measuring blood pressure and the information it provides in cardiovascular diseases
• Examine the proper technique for measuring central venous pressure and the information it provides in patients in critical care units
• Analyze basic blood count and biochemistry parameters that may be altered in cardiovascular disease
• Compile specialized knowledge to interpret the information provided by the assessment of cardiac markers in cardiorespiratory disease

A unique specialization program that will allow you to acquire advanced training in this field"