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way and is titled simply “Which Drug for Which Dis- desktop-synchronized teleconferences. As a result, each
ease?”; Chapter 24 describes managing heart disease one of us has reviewed and discussed every chapter. We
in cats that have concurrent kidney disease, allergic hope readers find that the result is a textbook that is both
airway disease, and other comorbidities; and Chapter insightful and cohesive.
30 is a drug index that serves as a quick reference to This book is resolutely and unapologetically devoted
the commonly—and less commonly—used cardio- to the cat. Nevertheless, we strived to present cardiology
vascular medications for cats. concepts and medical reasoning with the greatest pos-
• Presentation of new and innovative information, sible clarity, and our hope is that readers not primarily
ranging from cardiac biomarkers and cardiac mag- interested in learning about cats will still find that our
netic resonance imaging to current approaches for ge- explanations help them understand cardiology in
netic screening programs and prebreeding evaluation general.
of cats for heart disease.
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