Not exact matches
After your
veterinarian has examined your cat, he or she may want to begin to collect more information that will
lead to a diagnosis and
then, a treatment plan.
But
veterinarians who believe that brachycephalic dogs suffer more from heart issues suggest that a deficiency of oxygen over time (chronic hypoxia) causes blood channels in the lungs to narrow (pulmonary vasoconstriction) which
then leads to increased blood pressure within the heart (pulmonary hypertension), a known risk for heart failure.
Since
then, he has had an extremely successful career as the attending
veterinarian and director of laboratory animal medicine at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Texas, where he has
led this department for over 25 years.