title: A retrospective study of 100 cases of feline distal aortic thromboembolism: 1977-1993.
abstract: The medical records of 100 cats with distal aortic thromboembolism were reviewed. The average age was 7.7 years, with the neutered male being the most common signalment (63%). Evidence of preexisting cardiac disease was noted in 11% of the cases. A murmur or arrhythmia was noted in 57% of the cases on presentation. Frequent laboratory abnormalities included elevations in blood glucose, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, blood urea nitrogen, and creatinine. Radiographic and electrocardiographic abnormalities were common (89% and 85%, respectively). The most frequent, underlying disease was hypertrophic feline cardiomyopathy (58%), with the left atrial size (as measured by M-mode) significantly increased in the majority of cases (mean left atrial-to-aortic ratio, 2.08). The average, long-term survival in the 37% of cases which survived the initial thromboembolic episode was 11.5 months. The remaining cases either died (28%) or were euthanized (35%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Angell Memorial Animal Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Laste
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Harpster
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001027:Aortography / Q000662:veterinary; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D002415:Cats; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D003404:Creatinine; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase