Dr. Margiocco is taking a personal leave of absence in Italy with an anticipated return date of March 2018. As of April 13, 2017, all prescription refills and monitoring will need to be performed by the family veterinarians. During his leave, Dr. Margiocco will be doing telemedicine via Idexx. We appreciate all of your support […]

Dharma was referred to Dr Margiocco because her family veterinarian had detected an abnormal heart rhythm (cardiac arrhythmia) approximately two weeks earlier   while investigating Dharma’s history of exercise intolerance and an episode of acute weakness (“flopping down”) while walking.  Dharma was not receiving any medication at that time.  An ECG was done and revealed a heart block […]

Recently, Canada West Cardiologist Dr. Marco Margiocco and teamed up with Bertie Nelson of the Cavalier Club of BC to preside over a heart-check clinic day (the technical term is an “auscultation clinic”) for a large and happy group of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (“CKCS”). Mitral valve disease is the most common form of heart […]

Author: Tanya Crocker In late November, we held our first invasive cardiology lab here at Canada West. Invasive cardiology involves using diagnostic and therapeutic tools, such as balloons, catheters or stents that are inserted directly into the patient’s body to treat heart disease.  They are much less invasive than traditional surgical procedures and can be […]

Authored by Dr Marco L. Margiocco. Our field of specialization has evolved over the past two decades to respond to the need to provide specialized diagnostics and treatment options for the management of heart disease, a condition that affects approximately 10% of dogs and a not well known number of cats. In order to become […]