Predicting Development of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Disease Outcomes in Cats

Jose Novo Matos; Jessie Rose Payne

doi:10.1016/j.cvsm.2023.05.012

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.

Authors

Jose Novo Matos¹, Jessie Rose Payne²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK. Electronic address: jms330@cam.ac.uk.
² Langford Vets Small Animal Referral Hospital, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford BS40 5DU, UK.

PMID: 37500329
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2023.05.012

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.

Publication types

Review