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 physiological and pathophysiological knowledge 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 program, 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 study this postgraduate diploma with us. It's the perfect opportunity to advance your career and stand out in an industry with high demand for professionals” 

This postgraduate diploma in Heart Diseases 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 Heart Diseases in Small Animals
• 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 Heart Diseases in Small Animals
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies in Heart Diseases 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 thatwill provide an immersive program programmed to train in real situations.

This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the specialist must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic year. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts with extensive experience in Heart Diseases 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's degree will allow you to combine your studies with your professional work while increasing your knowledge in this field"

The postgraduate diploma in Heart Diseases 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

• Develop in detail the diagnosis of chronic degenerative valve disease
• Assess treatments and new therapies that have been developed in recent years for chronic degenerative valve disease
• Analyze the assessment and treatment of patients with pericardial effusion and patients with bacterial endocarditis
• 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
• Analyze the embryological mechanisms that give rise to the most frequent congenital alterations
• Reinforce the need for early diagnosis of congenital disease
• Anticipate the possible hemodynamic consequences of these alterations, which may be treatable
• Consolidate knowledge of interventional techniques
• Develop an appropriate diagnostic protocol to avoid missing the presence of secondary cardiac disease or systemic disease that may affect the cardiovascular system
• Anticipate possible cardiovascular complications in the course of other primary pathologies
• Integrate information from internal medicine with information from cardiology to design individualized treatment plans
• Simultaneous monitoring of cardiovascular disease and primary disease in order to prioritize etiologic therapies and reduce polypharmacy

Specific Objectives

Module 1. Acquired Heart Diseases Chronic Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Disease Endocarditis Pericardial Alterations Cardiac Masses 

• Generate specialized knowledge on the epidemiology of chronic degenerative valve disease 
• Determine an assessment protocol in chronic degenerative valve disease
• Analyze the different tests used in the diagnosis of chronic degenerative valve disease  
• Compile the information available on the therapy of chronic degenerative valve disease 
• Propose a diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm for pericardial effusion
• Develop the pericardioventesis technique 
• Examine the etiology of bacterial endocarditis 
• Determine a diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm for bacterial endocarditis

 Module 2.  Acquired Heart Diseases Cardiomyopathies 

• 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  

Module 3. Congenital Heart Disease

• Generate specialized knowledge for a correct understanding of the embryological mechanisms of each of the pathologies that may predispose to the presence of several simultaneous alterations 
• Establish the anatomical characteristics of patent ductus arteriosus that advise surgical or interventional treatment 
• Review the various surgical and interventional techniques available for the treatment of pulmonary stenosis 
• Develop available treatment modalities for aortic stenosis 
• Compile available diagnostic techniques to determine the direction of shunt in intra- and extra-chamber communications
• Establish anatomical criteria to differentiate between congenital and acquired heart valve processes 
• Predict the hemodynamic consequences of vascular defects or multiple defects  

Module 4. Pulmonary and Systemic Hypertension, Systemic Diseases with Cardiac Repercussions and Anesthesia in the Cardiac Patient

• Deepen the understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms that may lead to the development of pulmonary hypertension 
• Identify echocardiographic features that may be helpful in the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in the presence and absence of tricuspid regurgitation 
• Quantify the damage generated in target organs by systemic hypertension 
• Familiarity with the most frequently used drugs for the treatment of systemic hypertension and monitoring of therapy 
• Consolidate the treatment protocols most commonly used in filariasis, and identify the differences in the pathophysiology of the disease in dogs and cats  
• Monitoring response to etiologic treatment of hyperthyroidism in feline cardiac anatomy 
• Assess the hemodynamic consequences of metabolic diseases that induce hypercoagulable state 
• Assess the need for surgical intervention and its risks in cases of pheochromocytoma 
• Consider the advantages and disadvantages of antiarrhythmic treatments in cases of splenic disease or gastric dilatation/torsion syndrome   
• Identify the hemodynamic consequences of electrolyte disturbances  

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