Técnicas diagnósticas complementares aplicadas à Cardiologia Veterinária de pequenos animais.

Abstract

Additional diagnostic techniques applied to veterinary small animal cardiology. This study aimed to identify and describe methods for routine diagnosis applied to veterinary small animal cardiology in large centers, to highlight the main diseases that occur in clinical prediction and new tools to assist the clinician to arrive at a differential diagnosis. Doctors Cardiologists questionnaires were applied in the period June-August 2013 in the cities of Recife-PE and Natal-RN in order to identify the imaging features of most modern laboratory

used in these cities. Veterinarians Patos-PB, Natal-RN, Recife, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro- RJ and São Paulo-SP were also asked about the most requested tests and heart disease were

the most frequent in the clinic. It was found that human cardiology this ahead of veterinary cardiology, yet that has achieved a growing trend in research, with computed tomography and cardiac biomarkers to detect as soon as possible existing heart problems, so that patients have one index mortality and morbidity associated with lower stages of disease. The highlight are the cardiac biomarkers who has a good sensitivity and specificity and presenting specific kits for veterinary shaped commercial kit. Cardiac troponins, CK, CK-MB, and natriuretic peptides enzymes has obtained a significant reputation in relation to other less specific to the myocardium biomarkers, the expectation is that in some years it is possible to introduce these tests in routine veterinary clinical medicine.