Cardiology

Cardiology Department at Toronto Animal Health Partners in North York

Just like us, our pets can suffer from heart disease. Heart disease can be anything that affects the heart’s function involving the muscles, valves, or electrical conduction. Our team of cardiac specialists, or veterinary cardiologists, work to diagnose and effectively manage heart disease, heart failure, and other complications that occur as a result. The Toronto Animal Health Partners Cardiology team provides care in collaboration will all other specialty clinicians in our hospital to ensure your pet is receiving the best available care.

Toronto Animal Health Partners offers diagnostics such as echocardiography (cardiac ultrasound) with a state-of-the-art GE Vivid E90 echocardiogram with integrated EchoPAC workflow, 6-12 lead electrocardiography (ECG), and Holter monitoring (a 24-hour ECG), as well as interventional cardiac procedures. Our team is also trained to provide highly specialized care in interventional fluoroscopic cardiac procedures with the use of our OEC 9900 C-arm. In addition, our team continues to provide cardiac screening tests for breeding dogs and cats.

Services Offered

• Consultation and management in heart-related diseases in juvenile to geriatric patients including structural, valvular, and electrical conduction abnormalities as well as heart failure
• Echocardiogram (cardiac ultrasound)
• Electrocardiography (6-12 lead ECG)
• Holter monitoring (24-hour ECG monitoring)
• Electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation
• Cardiac screening for breeding dogs and cats

Common Reasons for Consultation

• Heart murmur evaluation in symptomatic and asymptomatic animals
• Treatment of congestive heart failure
• Respiratory difficulty
• Exercise intolerance
• Diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats)
• Diagnosis and treatment of congenital cardiac conditions (birth defects)
• Evaluation of syncopal episodes (fainting)
• Minimally invasive cardiac surgeries