Clinical problems
Clinical approach to respiratory distress
Clinical approach to coughing
Clinical approach to syncope
Clinical approach to cardiac murmurs
Diagnostic techniques
History and physical examination
Radiology
Advanced imaging
Laboratory tests
Electrocardiography and ambulatory monitoring
Airway sampling and introduction to bronchoscopy
Echocardiography
Blood gas analysis and pulse oximetry
Blood pressure measurement
Mechanisms of disease
Respiratory pathophysiology
Heart failure
Arrhythmias
Therapeutic strategies
Management of acute respiratory distress
Treatment of congestive heart failure
Management of chronic respiratory disease
Antiarrhythmic therapies
Specific diseases
Myxomatous mitral valve disease
Infective endocarditis
Canine dilated cardiomyopathy
Pericardial disease
Feline cardiomyopathies
Congenital heart disease
Systemic hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension
Laryngeal disorders
Canine tracheobronchial disease
Feline tracheobronchial disease
Pulmonary parenchymal disease
Pleural and mediastinal disorders
