Feline Congestive Heart Failure: Current Diagnosis and Management

Etienne Côté

doi:10.1016/j.cvsm.2017.04.008

Feline Congestive Heart Failure: Current Diagnosis and Management

Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract. 2017 Sep;47(5):1055-1064. doi: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2017.04.008. Epub 2017 Jun 21.

Author

Etienne Côté¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Companion Animals, Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A4P3, Canada.

PMID: 28647113
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2017.04.008

Abstract

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a well-known disorder in feline practice, having been recognized as the most common clinical syndrome in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, for example. This article identifies the reasons why an accurate diagnosis of CHF is important and the means by which to obtain one; pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic methods for controlling signs of CHF; and recommendations for follow-up evaluations, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

Keywords: Cardiac; Cat; Diuretic; Edema; Effusion.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / complications
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / therapy
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / veterinary*
Cat Diseases / diagnosis*
Cat Diseases / therapy*
Cats
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / therapy
Heart Failure / veterinary*