Myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD) is the most common heart condition in small animal medicine. In this special webinar brought to you by Boehringer Ingelheim, veterinary cardiologist Dr. Lance Visser joins VerticalVet’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr. Ernie Ward, to share his tips on diagnosing and managing MMVD in general and urgent care veterinary practice.
Topics include:
Clinical work-up/diagnostic evaluation for dogs with presumed MMVD
When to start medication(s) in dogs with presumed MMVD not showing clinical signs, especially without echocardiography. Includes radiographic assessment of heart size in dogs.
Clinical approach to coughing dogs with presumed MMVD
Diagnostic evaluation and management of dogs with suspected congestive heart failure secondary to MMVD
Assessing anesthetic risk in dogs with presumed MMVD
About our guest
Lance Visser, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Cardiology)
Associate Professor of Cardiology, Colorado State University
Dr. Visser is from Grand Rapids, Michigan. He obtained a BS in 2007
and combined DVM/MS in 2010 from Michigan State University. He then
completed a small animal rotating internship at North Carolina State
University in 2011. He completed a combined residency/MS program in
Cardiology at The Ohio State University in 2014. Dr. Visser recently
joined Colorado State University, where he is an Associate Professor of
Cardiology. Prior to this, he was at the University of California, Davis
(2014 - 2021). His primary research interest is improving the noninvasive
assessment of cardiac structure and function in animals with
cardiovascular disease.