BVMS(Hons), MVM, PhD, SFHEA, DVC, Dip. ECVIM-CA(Cardiology), FRCVS, Small Animal Teaching Hospital, University of Liverpool, UK
Professor Dukes-McEwan graduated in 1986 from the University of Glasgow and remained there to do an internship and residency training. After a spell in general practice, she moved to Edinburgh Veterinary School as a lecturer and researcher, which resulted in her PhD in familial dilated cardiomyopathy in Newfoundland dogs. A Diplomate of the ECVIM, Professor Dukes-McEwan has been based at the University of Liverpool since 2004, where she is responsible for undergraduate cardiology teaching as well as being involved in clinical research, having authored or co-authored over 80 publications. She is the current chair of the cardiology specialty for ECVIM-CA and serves on their executive board, and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2017 for meritorious contributions to clinical practice.
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Cats with cardiomyopathies other than hypertrophic cardiomyopathy often first present with severe or even life-threatening clinical signs; this article focuses on the diagnosis of the underlying cardiac condition and the options for treatment.
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is prevalent in the pet cat population, but affected animals may not be easy to identify; this paper offers a comprehensive overview of the condition for the first-opinion veterinarian.
