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 certificate are at the forefront of the latest diagnostic techniques and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in small animals. Through their specialized education, they have developed a useful, practical program adapted to today's 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, since this is a online postgraduate certificate, 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. 

Do not miss the opportunity to take this postgraduate certificate with us. It's the perfect opportunity to advance your career and stand out in an industry with high demand for professionals” 

This postgraduate certificate in Acquired Heart Disease. Cardiomyopathies 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 Veterinary Cardiology
• The graphic, schematic, and eminently practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• New developments in Acquired Heart Disease
• Practical exercises where the self assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies in Cardiomyopathies in Small Animals
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

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

Its 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 an immersive education 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 developed by renowned experts with extensive experience in personal training. 

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

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

This postgraduate certificate in Acquired Heart Disease. Cardiomyopathies in Small Animals is oriented to facilitate the performance of the veterinary professional with the latest advances and the most innovative 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

• Consolidate the phenotypic characteristics that define each of the cardiomyopathies affecting small animals
• Generate specialized knowledge in the diagnosis of the etiological causes that can lead to a cardiomyopathy phenotype
• Determine the possible hemodynamic consequences of cardiomyopathies
• Develop an individualized treatment plan to maximize the quality of life and life expectancy of affected patients

Specific Objectives

• Develop a diagnostic protocol for the phenotype of canine dilated cardiomyopathy and the features that may raise suspicion of secondary cardiomyopathy
• Systematically assess the possible presence of etiologic causes of canine dilated cardiomyopathy that can be treated
• Develop an assessment of the risk of negative events in cases of dilated and arrhythmogenic right cardiomyopathy
• Develop an individualized treatment protocol to maximize the patient's life expectancy, and sometimes reverse the phenotype
• Specify the echocardiographic criteria for the diagnosis of feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Generate advanced knowledge on the latest feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy staging model for clinical decision making
• Analyze the differentiating characteristics of other types of feline cardiomyopathies

A path to achieve training and professional growth that will propel you towards a greater level of competitiveness in the employment market"