James Specialist Veterinary Cardiology

25/07/2025

Cat Friendly GOLD status!!

25/07/2025

Super proud of our amazing Team at JSVC as we are awarded the icatcare.org Cat Friendly Clinic Gold accreditation!! 🤩🥳

This means that our Team and premises have been selected as attaining the highest level of cat friendly status 😍🐈‍⬛🐾

24/07/2025

Gorgeous Harley 😍😍

24/07/2025

MEET OUR PATIENT.......

The very lovely bull terrier Harley Quinn. Harley is a stunning girl with a winning personality whom nurse Mandy certainly couldn't resist giving some encouraging cuddles to 🥰

One of our Cardiologists Phil scanned her to ascertain the cause of the heart murmur whilst she had lots of cuddles and treats.

Harley was diagnosed with the congenital heart defects aortic stenosis and mitral valve dysplasia; these are sadly very common in Bull Terriers. Harley was born with these changes due to abnormal development in utero. Unfortunately, there are no surgical treatment options but she will be medically managed and monitored closely throughout the rest of her life 🧐 and many of these gorgeous puppies do very well.

Aortic stenosis is a fixed narrowing of the aorta as it leaves the left side of the heart, you can see the bright green turbulent blood flow through the narrowing on the echo picture. The other echo picture is showing her mitral dysplasia and the valve leaflets in their thickened state.

These conditions could lead to Harley developing congestive heart failure but we will work with her fabulous owners to make sure we are keeping a close eye on her 🤓 ❤🙌

21/07/2025

Our first interventional surgery in our new state of the art theatre!

21/07/2025

***EXCITING TIMES*** here at JSVC as we performed a PDA (patent ductus arteriosus) closure operation on the very lovely Stan (the Man) recently in our beautiful new state of art theatre.

Stan has a tube connecting his aorta and pulmonary artery that should have closed at birth. Failure of this to close has led to over circulation of blood putting extra strain on his heart. Using state-of-the-art technology, Stan's PDA was closed with an amplatzer device placed through long catheters via his femoral artery.

We had some Specialist help along the way with world leading interventional cardiologist Mike Martin, Specialist anaesthetist Oscar Bautista and Steve Phillip joined us to help the Team navigate our new fluoroscopy unit.

Stan took everything in his stride (Oscar was pleased to have a very straightforward anaesthestic 😆) and the op was completed with no complications. You can see the amplatzer device in the echo 😍

He went home the next day with his Mum for some extra TLC. We will see Stan again shortly to recheck the device and see Stan's response to the closure.

14/07/2025

MEET OUR PATIENT

Meet the very lovely Geoff, who is a gorgeous young man with an effervescent personality. We were fully prepared to engage in all bribery possible to enable his investigations for a heart murmur and some worrying wobbly episodes, but this proved unfounded as Geoff decided to have a wee nap on the echo table and again post holter fitting during his discharge 🥰😴

Geoff was diagnosed with mild aortic stenosis and dysplasia of the valve (you can see the blue/green turbulent blood flow in his aorta on the echo pic) and his holter revealed no major concerns at this stage, which is fantastic news for Geoff!! 🙌🫶

Boxer dogs are pre-disposed to aortic stenosis and arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, so we are always on edge at presentation in case it isn't all smooth sailing. Luckily Geoff can sail on free as a bird with some regular rechecks 🦅⛵️

Many thanks to for hosting us this day 😊

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13/07/2025

12/07/2025

10/07/2025

Happy National kitten day everyone!
We adore are gorgeous feline patients so much so we have our own dedicated cat waiting room, cat consult room and cattery all with the lovely fragrant feliway! Sadly we do see kittens with congenital heart disease and we now offer kitten clinics for asymptomatic kittens with a heart murmur for £295.

10/07/2025

Heat ⚠️. All patients with significant heart disease however stable should not be walked in temperatures over 24 degrees. Due to peripheral vasodilation these dogs can’t cope in hot weather and their heart failure will often de-stabilise. In addition they can initially become dehydrated due to excessive panting. Please keep them indoors in the cool with cool mats, fans and ice cubes to munch on. If you are worried that your dog is too hot then soak them all over in cool water. If you have any concerns then please call us.

08/07/2025

Our new hospital not only is it state of the art on the inside but it has been built state of the art on the outside. We believe in not only state of the art affordable care for our patients but we care about the environment. Our building is one of the first ever environmentally sustainable and ecologically friendly veterinary hospitals built in the UK. We supply over 38% of ALL our energy requirements from solar panels, the building is super insulated with the latest technology, we used reclaimed materials in the build and all climate controlled inside with ground source heating.