What are the opening hours?

Monday 8am - 5pm Tuesday 8am - 5pm Wednesday 8am - 5pm Thursday 8am - 5pm Friday 8am - 5pm

Veterinary Cardiology Consultants

Home
United States
Novi, MI
Veterinary Cardiology Consultants

Veterinary Cardiology Consultants is a veterinary specialty practice that is 100% focused on diagnosing and treating cardiac disease in pets.
(1)

12/23/2024

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our family to yours! ❄️ Our holiday hours for our Novi and Rochester offices are as follows:

12/24: CLOSED
12/25: CLOSED
12/26: CLOSED
12/27: Novi: open regular hours

12/30: Both offices- nurses on phones only 9am-12pm
12/31: Both offices- nurses on phones only 9am-12pm
1/1: CLOSED
1/2: Novi: open regular hours. Rochester: nurse on phones only 9am-12pm
1/3: Novi: open regular hours

As always, if your pet is experiencing an emergency and we are not available, please contact your regular veterinarian’s office or the closest emergency center.

Have a wonderful and safe holiday! ❄️❤️

12/03/2024

Cedar the Cavalier King Charles spaniel belongs to one of our nurses and he was helping at the reception desk today ❤️

06/17/2024

HEAT ADVISORY! ☀️🌡 CAUTION TO OUR CARDIAC PATIENTS!

Weather reports are predicting temperatures in the high-80s and low 90’s for the next week straight. Nice weather for summer, but it can be extremely dangerous for our pets living with heart disease.

When ambient temperatures and humidity rise, the heart has to beat faster and work harder to pump blood to assist with sweating to cool the body. Heart disease decreases cardiac output and affects the heart's ability to contract and properly pump blood through the body’s tissues. If the heart cannot meet the higher demand, congestive heart failure (CHF), collapse and even sudden death can occur.

Restricting exposure to warm weather and high humidity is crucial in helping prevent an emergency situation. Only walk in the morning before temps start to rise, and reduce time spent outside in the heat/humidity. Keep your pets nice and cool in air conditioning!

05/22/2024

One of our patients, Jambo (pictured in the left), had a cameo on the news last weekend during the Michigan Humane Society’s fundraising Mutt March! 😎

05/02/2024

NOTICE re: Novi office phone system

Our voicemail system in the Novi office is currently experiencing issues. We are able to receive phone calls but are unable to retrieve voicemails. This issue may not be resolved for several days.

Our Rochester office is open on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am-4pm and can receive calls and voicemails. 248-402-4322

We do not have receptionists - our cardiology nurses answer our phones. Therefore, if there is no answer when you call, please be patient as we may be assisting with other patients or phone calls.

We apologize for the inconvenience and hope this issue will be resolved soon!

04/16/2024

Skye thoroughly enjoyed her belly rubs from Dr. Brown at her visit yesterday! 😊 She is a definite success story! ❤️

Skye first came to our office a year ago for coughing and an enlarged heart. Her echocardiogram showed severe heart disease (dilated cardiomyopathy / DCM). DCM is a disease characterized by significant loss of pumping function (myocardial failure) that leads to heart enlargement and heart failure. DCM can happen if a dog carries the genetic mutation for the disease, in which case the disease is incurable and progressive.

However, DCM-like changes can also be seen in dogs eating diets containing high levels of peas, chickpeas, pea fibers, lentils and other legumes. These ingredients are most commonly found in grain-free formulations of dog foods. It is thought that these specific ingredients lead to a toxicity over time that affects the heart muscle and causes myocardial failure.

When we first saw Skye, she had been eating one of these diets so she was immediately transitioned to a diet that did not include these ingredients. She was also started on several heart medications to support her heart function and to attempt to keep her out of heart failure.

It’s impossible to know for sure whether an individual has the genetic form of DCM versus nutritional DCM until response to medications/diet change can be documented. The former will not improve and will continue to progress, while the latter can sometimes improve or resolve completely with a diet change and medications.

Thankfully, Skye responded very well to the diet change and medications and we saw gradual improvement in her heart dimensions and function over the past year. Yesterday’s echocardiogram showed that her heart is now back to a normal size with normal function! This is the absolute best case scenario and (sadly) doesn’t happen for every dog who has nutritional DCM.

Not all dogs who eats these diets will develop heart disease, but pet owners should be aware of the potential risks of feeding diets high in these specific ingredients. They are still widely available in pet food stores so make sure to read the ingredient labels.

We were so happy to give Skye’s owner the good news! She was also happy to start safely cutting back on her medications 😊❤️

03/05/2024

Have you ever struggled to give your cat a pill? 💊 Most people have! Here are some tips and tricks that I’ve learned over my 22 year career of working with cats to help make it easier! 😺

Special thanks to Stitch for being my helper for this video ❤️

01/22/2024

Camper is a mix of 2 breeds - can you guess which ones? Hint: both breeds get heart disease… one breed is prone to congenital heart disease (birth defect) and the other breed commonly gets acquired (adult onset) heart disease. What’s your guess??

We saw Camper for a screening today and his echocardiogram was normal ❤️

01/18/2024

Mocha the 3 month old Labrador retriever came to visit us today to check out a heart murmur. We performed an echocardiogram and found that Mocha has tiny leaks in her mitral and tricuspid valves. These leaks are not hemodynamically significant, and she does not have any serious congenital abnormalities that requires any treatment or follow-up. Thankfully, this gives Mocha an excellent prognosis! ❤️🐾

Address

24360 Novi Road
Novi, MI
48375

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+12489464322

Website

http://www.vetcardiologyconsultants.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Veterinary Cardiology Consultants posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Veterinary Cardiology Consultants:

Videos

How to give a cat a pill

Have you ever struggled to give your cat a pill? 💊 Most people have! Here are some tips and tricks that I’ve learned over my 22 year career of working with cats to help make it easier! 😺 Special thanks to Stitch for being my helper for this video ❤️