Flashcards in Small animal Cardiology Deck (7)
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Feline DCM
- Most common cause = Dietary taurine deficiency
- Spontaneous DCM = rare
- Breeds - siamese / Burmese/ Abyssinian
- Dx + Rx - similar to dogs
- Px - POOR - most present once in heart failure ; can survive if responsive to taurine and live through hospitalization
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Feline Pericardial Effusion
uncommon in cats, unless manifestation of heart failure
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Feline Heartworms
CS - ** vomiting** , intermittent cough, increased RR, sudden death
DDX - feline asthma, allergic bronchitis, other causes of vomiting
Test - Rads ( lung pattern )
- Antigen test ( false - due to either male only infection or immature female infection )
- Antibody test ( positive only means an infection occurred once before )
- Ultrasound ( may see worm in pulmonary artery )
Tx - DO NOT give Melarsomine
- Prednisolone ( to help with lung changes )
Px - Guarded ( sudden death) --> fair
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Feline A-fib
Usually seen in cats with advanced cardiomyopathy
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HCM/ thromboembolism ( presentation )
males > females
Maine coons and ragdolls
often no CS, no murmur, no arrhythmias, die actually
Cs- mild tachypnea, dyspnea, inability to use back legs, pulmonary edema, pleural effusion
* decompensated cats with CHF = hypothermic
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HCM ddx:
lower airway dz
other non-cariogenic causes of pleural effusion (idiopathic chylothorax)
hyperthyroid
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