Cardiology for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses is a comprehensive resource for veterinary technicians working with cardiovascular patients. Logically organized for easy reference, the book provides information on the fundamentals of cardiology as well as more specialized information on advanced technical procedures. Emphasizing the techniques performed by technicians, Cardiology for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses contextualizes the practical application by including information on normal and abnormal physiology, disease pathophysiology, and the theory behind the practice. Beginning with normal physiology, the book moves into diagnostic procedures, disease processes, and treatment of the disease. The user-friendly format and stand-alone design of the chapters allows readers to dip into the book for information as needed. Cardiology for Veterinary Technicians and Nurses is a valuable aid to technicians, especially those preparing for the specialization examinations, and technician students.

There is new research in echocardiography that is not reflected in the first edition text. These include use of two-dimensional measurements and comparison of diastolic indices for assessing increase cardiac pressures. The section of Doppler echocardiography should be expanded. The chapter on radiography will be expanded to include more instruction on acquiring diagnostic thoracic radiographs. First the lack of a proper formulary including drug dosages will be corrected. Monitoring of respiratory rates for patient in heart failure must also be included along with an expanded description of treatment of arrh6ythmias. A section on constant rate infusions should be included in Treatment of Heart Failure. The pacemaker information which is currently part of Chapter 16 Interventional Therapies will be given its own chapter. The section related to cardiac biomarkers, and the recent advances in genetics should be updated. These fields were woefully under-represented in the first edition. While the first edition text includes cardiac diseases found in horses and ruminants, it lacks any discussion of disease found on other pet animals such as ferrets. This shortcoming might need to be corrected. The largest market change would be the increased number of veterinary technicians in the profession, and the increase numbers of those pursuing specialization. Additionally, the rise of podcasts, video teleconferencing, and social media limits the role of written texts yet presents amazing opportunities. Accompanying instructional videos and videos of diagnostic images enhance the reader understanding of the topics. Without question the impact of Covid19 cannot be underestimated. The shift to distance learning will only increase over the next decade. The proposed text could be supplemented with audio recordings.