Practical Cardiology for the General Practitioner

Approved for one hour California Statutory CEU

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OBJECTIVE: Attendees will achieve a better understanding of how to differentiate acute dyspnea cases. The speaker will review differences in common cardiomyopathies such as DCM, MVC and HCM and discuss how to treat the complications of the diseases as they progress.

In addition, the program will cover the newest ACVIM treatment guidelines and the why and how to use medications for treating these myopathies. Since treating cardiac diseases are challenging for many pet owners, there will be discussion of how to communicate better with these clients, how to understand their perceptions of these diseases and the emotions involved and therefore be able to better recommend solutions that are beneficial to the pet and the client.

BIO: Dr. Carley Saelinger is the founder and CEO of Cardiac Vet, Inc., a telemedicine service for interpretation of cardiac diagnostic studies and a mobile echo service for veterinarians (cardiacvet.com).

Her clinical interests include medical and surgical treatment of arrhythmias. She is one of two cardiologists in the United States who specialize in implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) surgery, programming and defibrillation. She also customizes pacemaker programming for individual canine patients. She has vast experience and a long-time special interest in the pathophysiology & treatment of arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (AC) of Boxers and English Bulldogs. You can reference her publications on this topic and others below.

Dr. Saelinger spoke at the AVMA conference in 2019 on cardiac emergencies and provides regular CE locally and nationwide. Her commitment to education is also reflected in the cardiology internship program she has directed since 2012, securing cardiology residencies for 90% of her interns.

Dr. Saelinger is a graduate of The Schreyer Honors College at the Pennsylvania State University. She obtained her veterinary degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007. She then completed a one-year rotating internship at the University of Florida in Gainesville, followed by a cardiology internship and cardiology residency at Louisiana State University from 2008-2012. In 2012, she successfully completed the ACVIM exams and the Cardiology specialty boards to become a Diplomate of the ACVIM in the specialty of Cardiology.

When Dr. Saelinger has free time from keeping pets’ hearts healthy, you can find her doing the same for people. Dr. Saelinger is passionate about fitness and is a certified Spin and Body Pump instructor and favorite hobby is long distance cycling. See her personal website

thevetwhosweats.com for more information.

Dr. Saelinger was previously department head of cardiology at the Animal Specialty and Emergency Center (ASEC) in Los Angeles, CA. She maintains a part time position at ASEC involved in the training of veterinary students and interns and practicing clinical cardiology.

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