Echocardiographic screening of purebred cats: an overview from 2002 to 2005.
During the last 3 years, a total of 144 cats underwent echocardiographic screening at two investigational clinics before being admitted for breeding. The number of cats presented for that purpose has constantly increased. 8.3% of cats were diagnosed as having hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and 6.9% were diagnosed as suspicious. Male cats were more affected than females (9.4% vs 7.7%). In 4.2 of all presented cats, a congenital cardiac malformation was recognised, most often tricuspid valve dysplasia.
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Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine, University of Berne, Switzerland. Sabine.Riesen@kkh.unibe.ch
Kovacevic
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Lombard
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Amberger
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D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002415:Cats; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors