Clinical signs, etiology, and outcome of transient myocardial thickening in cats

All cats showed an increased of cardiac troponin I

Transient myocardial thickening (TMT) in cats is a poorly characterized clinical entity. Therefore, the aim of this multicenter observational retrospective study was to provide descriptions of additional cats diagnosed with this clinical phenomenon. Cats diagnosed with TMT were searched in three medical databases. TMT was defined for cats with at least two echocardiograms showing an increased end-diastolic left ventricular wall thickness (LVWTd; i.e. ≥6 mm) at presentation and subsequent echocardiographic normalization (i.e. LVWTd <5.5 mm). Signalment, history, clinical, laboratory, therapeutic, and outcome data were retrieved. Twenty-seven cats were included. The median age was 3 years. In 9/27 cats, an antecedent event was ...

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MICHELE TUMBARELLO, Med Vet, PhD Cardiology 24 November 2023

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Clinical signs, etiology, and outcome of transient myocardial thickening in cats

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Clinical signs, etiology, and outcome of transient myocardial thickening in cats

Scientific Publishing