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These forms are a way for us to have a more complete understanding of how your pet is feeling.
 
While we understand that filling out these questionnaires can be time-consuming and at times frustrating, please know that this helps us tremendously, since you know your pet’s signs and routines best, and this enables us to provide the best possible care for your pet.   The more we know about what is specifically going on at home, when it started, and how it progressed, the better we can combine that with the results of what we find to make a plan best suited to help your pet feel his or her best.
 

You can fill out and submit the form online, or you can print and fill out the form to either bring to your appointment or give to your veterinarian to include in your pet’s medical record.

Cat patient history

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Dog patient history

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Signs of heart disease in cats

  • Trouble breathing:   breathing rate may be faster, breaths may appear heavier, deeper, or more exaggerated.  Some cats with trouble breathing may breathe at a normal rate, but each breath appears to be a deep sigh.
  • Restlessness (accompanied by change in breathing) – inability to sleep or rest comfortably
  • Collapse or fainting
  • Exercise intolerance:  In a cat this can be transient heavier breathing after exertion, such as playing or jumping up on furniture, or stopping to lie down after taking a few steps
  • Cough is rarely a sign of heart disease in cats (it is more commonly due to asthma or other respiratory diseases), however some cats can cough with heart disease
  • Sudden paralysis or inability to use hind limbs or a forelimb
  • Behavior change:  Although this is not specific for heart disease (it can be a sign of any other illness in a cat), when cats do not feel well they may hide or sleep in unusual places, not greet you at the normal times, or be less affectionate.  Since cats are very good at hiding how they feel, it is important to have a cat evaluated when they are not acting like themselves.
Please note:
  • Some of these signs can also occur with other disease processes.  A cardiac evaluation can determine if these signs are heart-related or not.
  • Cats can also have heart disease without having any obvious signs at all.
  • Trouble breathing is an emergency; cats with trouble breathing should go to their nearest emergency hospital. 

Signs of heart disease in dogs

  • Trouble breathing: breathing rate may be faster, breaths may appear heavier, deeper, or more exaggerated
  • Cough: new cough, increase in frequency of cough, or change in sound of cough
  • Collapse or fainting
  • Exercise intolerance: getting winded or out of breath with normal activity, or not tolerating normal walks
  • Restlessness (accompanied by change in breathing):  inability to sleep or rest comfortably
Please note:
  • Some of these signs can also occur with other disease processes.  A cardiac evaluation can determine if these signs are heart-related or not.
  • Dogs can also have heart disease without having any obvious signs at all.
  • Trouble breathing is an emergency; dogs with trouble breathing should go to their nearest emergency hospital.