tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: "Prevalence of myocardial hypertrophy in a population of asymptomatic Swedish Maine coon cats"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về bệnh học thý y được đăng trên tạp chí Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về bệnh thú y đề tài: Prevalence of myocardial hypertrophy in a population of asymptomatic Swedish Maine coon cats. | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica BioMed Central Open Access Prevalence of myocardial hypertrophy in a population of asymptomatic Swedish Maine coon cats Suzanne Gundler 1 Anna Tidholm2 and Jens Haggstrom3 Address 1Bagarmossen Animal Hospital Ljusnevagen 17 S-128 48 Bagarmossen Sweden 2Albano Animal Hospital Rinkebyvagen 23 S-182 36 Danderyd Sweden and 3Department of Physiology Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Swedish University of Agricultural Science PO box 7018 Uppsala Sweden Email Suzanne Gundler - AnnaTidholm - Jens Haggstrom - Corresponding author Published 18 June 2008 Received 13 December 2007 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50 22 doi l75l-0l47-50-22 Accepted 18 June 2008 This article is available from http content 50 l 22 2008 Gundler et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Maine coon cats have a familial disposition for developing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy HCM with evidence of an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance l . The current mode to diagnose HCM is by use of echocardiography. However definite reference criteria have not been established. The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of echocardigraphic changes consistent with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in Swedish Maine coon cats and to compare echocardiographic measurements with previously published reference values. Methods All cats over the age of 8 months owned by breeders living in Stockholm listed on the website of the Maine Coon breeders in Sweden by February 200l were invited to participate in the study. Physical examination and M-mode and 2D echocardiographic examinations were .