Management of asymptomatic (occult) feline cardiomyopathy: Challenges and realities

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology : the Official Journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology
P R Fox, Karsten E Schober

Abstract

Cardiomyopathy distinguishes a heterogeneous group of myocardial disorders that represent the most prevalent cause of feline heart disease. Etiology is uncertain and the natural history is presently unresolved. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common of these conditions, and while the majority of affected cats are asymptomatic, a proportion is at risk to develop serious morbidities--the most devastating of which include congestive heart failure, arterial thromboembolism, and cardiac death. Predicting when or whether an asymptomatic cat might develop morbidity is hindered by lack of evidence-based clinical trials. Superimposed, these issues create an irresolvable predicament that presently confounds medical decision-making. Review of current perspectives for managing asymptomatic (occult) feline cardiomyopathy. Complex pathophysiology and (likely) sarcomeric mutations give rise to heterogeneous cardiac phenotypes and variable clinical findings. Echocardiography remains the gold standard to clarify cardiac morphology. Frequently, however, detection of echocardiographic alterations--though often of unproven clinical significance--extrapolates by inference or implication a specter of disease, and with this, leads to a path o...Continue Reading

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Jul 19, 2019·Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine·Kerry A LoughranMarc S Kraus
Sep 29, 2019·Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine·Jonathan N KingJean-Francois Rousselot
Oct 30, 2020·Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine·Ingrid van HoekJoanna Dukes-McEwan
Oct 26, 2021·Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery·Mark D Kittleson, Etienne Côté

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