Practical relevance: Although feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) occurs more commonly, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM), arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) and cardiomyopathy - nonspecific phenotype (NCM; ...

Detection and characterisation of cardiac arrhythmias in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has already been documented in various studies. However, similar studies have not been reported for other forms of feline cardiomyopathy. The clinical records of 13 client-owned cats diagnosed with ...

Cardiomyopathies are the most frequently observed cardiac diseases in cats. Among these, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is certainly the most frequently diagnosed. Other cardiomyopathies, such as restrictive cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, and arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy show lower...

Heart disease in cats can lead to congestive heart failure if untreated. This retrospective study on feline heart disease was conducted at University Veterinary Hospital, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UVH-UPM) using data collected for the period of 2013 to 2015. In this study, the prevalence of cats...

Canine parvovirus-2 (CPV-2) is nearly indistinguishable from feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) and is a well-known cause of viral myocarditis in young puppies; however, it is not known whether either FPV or CPV-2 naturally infects feline cardiomyocytes and causes myocarditis. Endomyocarditis (EMC)...

Two sibling cats from a single litter died of aortic thromboembolism and congestive heart failure, respectively, at different times. Both of them were diagnosed pathologically as having the endomyocardial form of restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM), suggesting a possible familial basis for feline...

Feline pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an unusual and minimally reported condition that can lead to right ventricular insufficiency and death. In cats, PAH was reported in cases in which it was secondary to heartworm disease, pulmonary thromboembolism and patent ductus arteriosus. This is...

Objectives: Large studies focusing on restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) in the cat are scarce. The aims of this retrospective study were to describe epidemiological characteristics and to analyse prognostic factors affecting survival in cats with RCM. Methods: The clinical archives of the Gran Sasso ...

Background: Restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) is a common primary cardiomyopathy of cats. However, little information is available regarding prognostic variables in large populations of cats with RCM. Objectives: To characterize the epidemiological, clinical, and echocardiographic features of cats...

Cardiomyopathies are the most common form of heart disease in cats. Cats with severe or advanced disease are more likely to die as a result of heart failure, sudden death or arterial thromboembolism. There is a dearth of peer-reviewed evidence to support the benefit of any therapy at any stage of ...