Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heart disease in cats, and it can
lead to increased morbidity and mortality. Cats are often screened for HCM because of the …

The primary focus of monitoring anesthetized patients is the assessment of depth of
anesthesia, cardiovascular and pulmonary consequences of the anesthetized state, and …

Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction is highly prevalent in cats and is a functional
hallmark of feline cardiomyopathy. The majority of cats with hypertrophic, restrictive, and …

Veterinary Echocardiography, Second Edition is a fully revised version of the classic
reference for ultrasound of the heart, covering two-dimensional, M-mode, and Doppler …

Background: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) and chronic systemic hypertension (SHT)
can both lead to left‐ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in cats. Assessment of LVH‐associated …

Objective—To determine left ventricular free wall (LVFW) radial and longitudinal myocardial
contraction velocities in healthy dogs via quantitative 2-dimensional color tissue Doppler …

Objectives: To evaluate population characteristics, clinical signs and simple
echocardiographic measurements of a general practice population of cats, in identifying …

Myocardial motion was quantified in normal cats (n= 25) and cats with hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy (HCM)(n= 23) using the pulsed tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) technique. A …

Background Increasing salt intake to promote diuresis has been suggested in the
management of feline lower urinary tract disease. However, high dietary salt intake might …

Over the last 30 years, standard transthoracic echocardiography has become a major
imaging tool for the diagnosis and management of canine and feline cardiovascular …