Prilactone®, the world's first aldosterone antagonist licensed for the treatment of canine heart disease, has been introduced by CEVA Animal Health.

Clinical trials have demonstrated that the product, which contains spironolactone…

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica has re-launched its Vetmedin website: www.vetmedin.co.uk.

Boehringer says the new site has been designed as a resource for veterinary professionals to help educate clients with dogs suffering from congestive heart failure…

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica has increased its range of marketing and educational materials about heart disease and the use of Vetmedin.

The materials include canine heart disease awareness posters for either the waiting room or consult room which feature…

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica has launched Benefortin (benazepril hydrochloride), an ACE inhibitor licensed for the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF) in dogs. It is also licensed for the treatment of chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) in cats.

Ceva Animal Health has announced the launch of Cardalis for the treatment of canine heart failure caused by degenerative valvular heart disease.

Cardalis contains what the company says is a unique combination of benazepril and spironolactone in one…

According to the company, the new injectable form of Vetmedin provides rapid acting treatment for canine congestive heart failure originating from valvular…

Ceva Animal Health has launched a competition - open to veterinary surgeons and nurses - to support Cardalis (benazepril and spironolactone), its dual-acting treatment for heart failure in dogs.

To enter the competition, which will run till the end…

Alstoe Ltd has launched Tempora, a chewable, flavoured, spironolactone tablet for dogs, indicated for the treatment of congestive heart failure (CHF) arising from mitral valve disease.

Alstoe says Tempora's flavouring technology, tablet shape and two…

Boehringer Ingelheim has announced that Vetmedin Chewable Tablets have been licensed for treating pre-clinical dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in Doberman Pinschers¹. 

Boehringer says DCM is the most common form of cardiomyopathy in dogs and the second most…

Ceva Animal Health has launched Libeo, a new four-way break, palatable furosemide for the management of heart failure in dogs.

According to the company, furosemide - a diuretic - is the most frequently used treatment for the management of heart failure…

Willows, the Solihull-based multidisciplinary referral centre, has announced that it has acquired The Veterinary Cardiorespiratory Centre, the renowned referral service run by Mike Martin MRCVS, RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology (pictured right…

Ceva Animal Health has launched Amodip, described as the first ever cat-friendly amlodipine licensed for veterinary use for the treatment of hypertension in cats.

Amodip is a chicken-flavoured, two-way break chewable tablet; its 1.25mg tablet size is…

Veterinary cardiologist Pedro Oliveira and his team at Davies Veterinary Specialists (DVS) have teamed up with doctors from St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London to use a cutting edge technique to cure dogs with life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia.…

Cardiologists at Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service in Solihull have performed a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure on an eight-week-old Staffordshire bull terrier puppy weighing 2.2kg, believed to be amongst the smallest dogs ever to…

Ceva Animal Health has launched what it describes as a new and improved spironolactone, Prilactone Next, for the treatment of congestive heart failure caused by degenerative mitral valve disease in dogs.

Prilactone Next is replacing the spironolactone…

Boehringer Ingelheim has announced that Vetmedin has been granted a new licensed indication: for the treatment of asymptomatic mitral valve disease (MVD), and cardiomegaly.

The research on which the new indication is based is described by Boehringer…

Cardiologists at Davies Veterinary Specialists in Hertfordshire have implanted a stent across the pulmonic valve of a four-month-old French Bulldog with severe and deteriorating pulmonic stenosis, believed to be a first in the UK.

Davies says pulmonic…

Davies Veterinary Specialists reports that it has performed two successful surgeries on dogs to cure cardiac arrhythmia, without support from the human medical field.

Davies says its Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, headed by Pedro Oliveira (pictured…

Ceva Animal Health has launched Isemid (Torasemide), a once-a-day diuretic for the treatment of congestive heart failure in dogs which the company says is as effective as furosemide.

The new drug represents the fruit of 8 years of product development and…

Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service, in Solihull, has launched the UK’s first congenital heart disease referral clinic for puppies and kittens.

The clinic will assess cats and dogs under six months old where a heart murmur has been detected…

Vetoquinol has released a free web-based app for clients who own pets suffering from congestive heart failure to monitor their animal's sleeping respiratory rate (SRR) at home

The company points to research which shows that most dogs and cats whose…

Hamilton Specialist Referrals in High Wycombe has launched a cardiology referral service run by European and RCVS recognised specialist in Veterinary Cardiology, Andrew Francis.

First opinion practices can refer dogs and cats for routine echocardiography…

Purina has announced the launch of Pro Plan Veterinary Diets CC CardioCare, a new diet containing a blend of nutrients to support heart function.

CardioCare is based on research carried out at the Purina Technology Center which explored how nutrients can…

Cambridge-based Dick White Referrals (DWR) is to become one of only a handful of sites globally to offer open-heart surgery in small animals. 

The referral centre has invested in a new heart and lung machine, and an oxygen cage, and is expected to take its…

Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service in Solihull, West Midlands, is now offering transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (TEER) for the treatment of myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) in dogs.

Willows says it is currently the only centre…