Austin Heart Vet offers comprehensive companion animal cardiac care in the greater Austin, Texas region

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Appointment scheduling can be done by calling our main phone number 512-745-3698.

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Events and News

• Austin Heart Vet has merged with CVCA Central Texas!  Our phone number remains the same:  512-745-3698.  As part of the merger, we will now be seeing patients at Austin Veterinary Emergency & Specialty (AVES) in Northwest Austin 5 days a week.

•We are now using VetSource – an online pharmacy with competitive pricing and convenient home delivery!  Sign up, request your cardiac medications as outlined on your discharge summary, and we will approve the prescription when we receive it

• As of September 2015, Austin Heart Vet will see patients as appointments at our office.  In order to accommodate the greatest number of patients possible, the mobile service will be on hiatus indefinitely.  Thank you for your understanding!

• Dr. Meier was once again the consulting cardiologist for the San Antonio Zoo last week, performing an echocardiogram on a Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa).  It was an honor and a thrill to be able to collaborate with the Zoo veterinary staff to provide top level diagnostics for this exotic species.

• Check out Dr. Meier on KEYE‘s We Are Austin speaking about feline heart health and disease

• Dr. Meier will be speaking on cardiac emergencies at a CE event hosted by Heart of Texas Veterinary Specialty Center on November 8th 2014.

• Austin Heart Vet has been busy in the cardiac catheterization lab!  We performed a successful patent ductus arteriosus closure with an Amplatz Canine Ductal Occluder (ACDO) and a successful pulmonic balloon valvuloplasty last week.  Both patients did awesome and we were able to minimally invasively restore much more normal physiology to their hearts.

• Austin Heart Vet performed a pacemaker implantation in a canine patient in March 2014!  We are the first cardiology practice to offer interventional procedures in the central Texas region.

• Dr. Meier was the consulting cardiologist for the San Antonio Zoo this week, performing an echocardiogram and EKG on a Babirusa (Indonesian pig).  It was an honor and a thrill to be able to collaborate with the Zoo veterinary staff to provide top level diagnostics for this exotic species.   Click here for photos.

• Tuesday February 11, 2104 Dr. Meier spoke to the Capital Area Veterinary Medical Association (CAVMA) on Canine Trypanosomiasis (Chagas’ disease).  Although the talk was cut short by the weather, it was an engaging discussion on an emerging disease.

• Saturday February 8, 2104 Dr. Meier spoke to owners and Boxer Lovers at Firehouse Animal Hospital on Boxer Heart Health.  It was a fun, educational day with lots of lovely Boxers (and their owners!) in attendance.

• February 2014 – The C-Arm fluoroscope is here!  The catheterization laboratory is up and running.  We are now able to offer Central Texas pets state of the art, minimally invasive cardiac procedures for PDA closure, balloon valvuloplasty, and pacemaker implantation.  Please call 512-745-3698 for more information or referrals.

• Starting in 2014, Austin Heart Vet will begin performing interventional cardiology procedures.  Common procedures include patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure, pacemaker implantation for bradyarrhythmias (too slow heart rates), and balloon valvuloplasty for narrowed valves.  We are excited to be able to bring this level of minimally invasive cardiac care to Central Texas.  Stay tuned for updates!

•  Dr. Meier will be speaking on congenital heart disease at the Mission Veterinary Specialists CE event Sunday November 3, 2013.

• 8th Annual Barktoberfest aims to help homeless pets. See Dr. Katie Meier on KVUE’s local news discussing heart disease in pets.