Bright J M, Mears E
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, USA.
Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 1997 Nov;27(6):1305-29. doi: 10.1016/s0195-5616(97)50128-8.
Diseases of the cardiovascular system are a common cause of morbidity and mortality among geriatric canine and feline patients. Furthermore, diseases of the heart and vasculature often complicate the management of other abnormalities. This article contains a brief overview of the effects of aging on the circulatory system. It also contains a discussion of the cardiovascular disorders most frequently encountered in geriatric animals, namely, the feline myocardial disorders and feline hypertension and degenerative valvular disease, dilated cardiomyopathy, and cardiac in dogs.
心血管系统疾病是老年犬猫发病和死亡的常见原因。此外，心脏和血管疾病常常使其他异常情况的处理复杂化。本文简要概述了衰老对循环系统的影响。还讨论了老年动物中最常见的心血管疾病，即猫心肌疾病、猫高血压、退行性瓣膜病、扩张型心肌病以及犬类心脏疾病。
