CHRONIC HEART-DISEASE AND ITS MANAGEMENT

Diseases of the cardiovascular system are a common cause fo 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 discus sion of the cardiovascular disorders most frequently encountered in ge riatric animals, namely, the feline myocardial disorders and feline hy pertension and degenerative valvular disease, dilated cardiomyopathy, and cardiac neoplasia in dogs.