Predicting Development of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Disease Outcomes in Cats

Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2023 Nov;53(6):1277-1292. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2023.05.012. Epub 2023 Jul 26.

Abstract

Echocardiography is the gold standard imaging modality to diagnose hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in cats. Echocardiographic features can predict both cats at an increased risk of developing HCM and cats with HCM at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular events or experiencing cardiac death. Left atrial dysfunction seems to be an important feature of HCM, as it is an early phenotypic abnormality and is also associated with worse outcome.

Keywords: Arterial thromboembolism; Cardiac death; Congestive heart failure; Echocardiography; Elongated mitral valve; Genotype positive/phenotype negative; Left atrial systolic function; Pre-phenotypic.

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  • Review