Animal Emergency & Referral Associates 1237 Bloomfield Ave., Fairfield, NJ 07004 973-226-3282 www.animalerc.com Gordon D. Peddle, VMD, DACVIM (Cardiology) Director of the Cardiology Section, AERA Internal Medicine Department Common Breed-associated Heart Diseases of Dogs and Cats DOGS CONGENITAL DISEASES Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) . Bichon Frise . Chihuahua . Cocker Spaniel . Collie . English Springer Spaniel . German Shepherd . Keeshond . Labrador Retriever . Maltese . Newfoundland . Poodle . Pomeranian . Shetland Sheepdog . Yorkshire Terrier Subaortic stenosis . Bouvier des Flanders . Boxer . English Bulldog . German Shepherd . German Shorthair Pointer . Golden Retriever . Great Dane . Newfoundland . Rottweiler . Samoyed Valvular aortic stenosis . Bull Terriers 1 Pulmonic stenosis . Airedale Terrier . Beagle . Boykin Spaniel . Boxer . Chihuahua . Cocker Spaniel . English Bulldog . Bull Mastiff . Samoyed . Schnauzer . West Highland White Terrier Tetralogy of Fallot . Keeshond . English Bulldog . Miniature Poodle . Wire-haired Fox Terrier Mitral valve dysplasia . Bull Terrier . German Shepherd . Great Dane Tricuspid valve dysplasia . Labrador Retriever . Old English Sheepdog Atrial septal defect . Standard Poodle ACQUIRED DISEASES Degenerative atrioventricular (AV) valve disease . Cavalier King Charles Spaniel . Chihuahua . Dachshund . Miniature Poodle . Pomeranian . Yorkshire Terrier . Small breed dogs, in general Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) . Doberman Pinscher . Great Dane . Irish Wolfhound . Scottish Deerhound . Boxer . Large breed dogs, in general . American Cocker Spaniel (associated with nutritional deficiency) . Portuguese Water Dog (juvenile form) 2 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) . Boxer Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS) . Miniature Schnauzer . Cocker Spaniel . West Highland White Terrier . Dachshund Inherited Ventricular Arrhythmias . German Shepherds CATS Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) . Maine Coon . Persian . British Shorthair . Norwegian Forest Cat . Ragdoll . Turkish Van . Scottish Fold Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (RCM) . Some Oriental Breeds 3 .