• Before making an appointment with our specialists, you must request a referral from your pet’s primary veterinarian. He or she may call us or send a brief note

NOTE: ***A referral is not necessary if seeing our urgent care service***

• Please ask your primary doctor to fax/email your pet’s records prior to the appointment and/or bring a copy of all pertinent information [e.g. records, radiographs, blood test results, etc].

• The cardiology veterinary assistant will first greet you, collect vitals on your pet and ask some routine health questions.
• The cardiologist will then perform a detailed physical examination, listen to your concerns, ask additional pertinent questions and discuss the next steps.
• We pride ourselves in timely communication with your pet’s primary doctor and will call them the same day with an update and send paperwork within 24 hours.
• If diagnostics are sent to outside laboratories, we will call you with results as soon as they have been made available and interpreted by the clinician.
• We will always have your pet best interest at heart and may refer you to another hospital if a particular diagnostic modality or treatment option is recommended but currently not offered at Skyline Veterinary Specialists & Emergency (for example, some forms of advanced imaging such as computed tomography or MRI).