Clinical characteristics of cats referred for evaluation of subclinical cardiac murmurs.

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
Alessandra FranchiniAndrea Eriksson

Abstract

The aim of this study was to define the clinical characteristics of cats referred for evaluation of subclinical cardiac murmurs, and, secondarily, to identify predictors of echocardiographic identification of cardiac disease. One hundred and sixty-three apparently healthy cats with subclinical murmurs were retrospectively enrolled. Medical records of cats older than 1 year of age referred for the evaluation of subclinical murmurs were reviewed. Cats were considered healthy if clinical signs of systemic disease or cardiac disease were not reported and cats were not receiving cardiac medications. Logistic regression was used to identify clinical variables that predict echocardiographic identification of cardiac disease. One hundred and eight cats (66.3%) had echocardiographic evidence of cardiac disease with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy being the most common (80.5%). Left atrial enlargement was uncommon; in 90% of cats with echocardiographically identified cardiac disease, the left atrial aortic ratio from two-dimensional echocardiography was <1.51. Cats with cardiac disease were more likely to be male (P = 0.016), weigh more (P <0.01) and have a murmur of intensity ⩾3/6 (P = 0.019) than cats without cardiac disease. Murmur intens...Continue Reading

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Oct 26, 2021·Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery·Mark D Kittleson, Etienne Côté

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