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NC State Offers National Cardiology Care Network to Support Dogs, Cats with Heart Disease

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Mar 18, 2013

NC State University Cardiologist Participates in Canine Heart Health Month Awareness Campaign

March is Canine Heart Health Month and Dr. Teresa DeFrancesco, an associate professor of cardiology at NC State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, is participating in a series of radio and television interviews to help raise awareness that congestive heart failure is one of the leading causes of death in dogs. A goal of the…

May 14, 2012

NC State University Terry Center Cardiology Service Ensures Heart Patients Lead Full Lives

Heart disease affects some 10% of dogs and perhaps 15% of cats. Early diagnosis can provide a significant opportunity for treatment to alter the progression of many heart diseases, and most pets with heart disease can continue to lead full, active, and happy lives with appropriate therapy. Ensuring these pets do live active and happy lives is the goal of the Cardiology…

Feb 9, 2012

NC State Offers National Cardiology Care Network to Support Dogs, Cats with Heart Disease

Veterinary cardiologists at North Carolina State University have created an interactive heart-care resource to help veterinarians and pet owners across the country support dogs and cats with heart disease. The NC State Cardiology Care Network, developed by clinicians with the Cardiology Service at NC State’s Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center (Terry Center) provides…