Avian Exclusive Veterinary Consultation (AEVC), Englewood, Colorado; Homestead Animal Hospital, Centennial, Colorado.
Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract. 2022 May;25(2):469-501. doi: 10.1016/j.cvex.2022.01.005.
Cardiovascular disease, including congestive heart failure, pericardial disease, and atherosclerosis, is becoming increasingly better recognized in companion birds. A wide range of medications is available to treat these conditions, including diuretics, vasodilators, positive and negative inotropes, antiarrhythmic agents, and pentoxifylline. This review systematically discusses each of these drug classes and their potential applications in avian species. Although treatment approaches remain largely empirical and extrapolated from small animal and human medicine, the management strategies presented here have the potential to both maintain quality of life and extend survival time for the avian cardiac patient.
心血管疾病，包括充血性心力衰竭、心包疾病和动脉粥样硬化，在伴侣鸟类中越来越受到重视。有多种药物可用于治疗这些疾病，包括利尿剂、血管扩张剂、正性和负性肌力药、抗心律失常药和己酮可可碱。本综述系统地讨论了这些药物类别及其在鸟类中的潜在应用。尽管治疗方法在很大程度上仍然是经验性的，并从小动物和人类医学中推断出来，但这里提出的管理策略有可能既能维持鸟类心脏病患者的生活质量，又能延长其生存时间。
