HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY IN A DOMESTIC CAT (Felis catus) ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

• Main Author: Silva, Carlos Eduardo Vasconcelos da
• Publication Date: 2009
• Other Authors: Santos Júnior, Helvécio Leal, Santos, Luis Felipe Neves dos, Alvarenga, Gisele Junqueira Ribeiro de, Castro, Márcio Botelho de
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Ciência animal brasileira (Online)
• Download full: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1619
• topic: Sanidade Animal

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common cardiac disease in cats, characterized by diastolic dysfunction and congestive heart failure. Thromboembolic episodes are frequently described and in some cases it may involve the myocardium and may cause infarction and cardiac hemodynamic compromise. A case of HCM in an adult male domestic cat (Felis catus) that died with signs of serious congestion and low cardiac output is described. Necro-inflammatory alterations were observed at histopathological evaluation involving the right atrium and left and right ventricular walls, compatible with focally extensive acute myocardium infarction. Coronary thromboembolism was yet identified in the right atrium and it was presumably the cause of infarction in this patient.Key words: Domestic cat, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, myocardial infarction, thromboembolism.