Cardiac disorders: Feline cardiomyopathy

Question 1

Feline RCM is a disorder in which impaired __________ _______ occurs in the absence of myocardial hypertrophy or pericardial disease.

Answer 1

Ventricular filling

Question 2

Feline patients with myocardial disease are predisposed to developing -?

Answer 2

Intracardiac arterial thromboemboli from the left atrium and its appendage

Question 3

Arterial thromboemboli in feline patients often dislodge and embolize at?

Answer 3

The aortic trifurcation, but embolism can occur at the brachial artery, renal artery, mesenteric artery, or arteries of CNS

Question 4

Feline patients with ATE can be treated with -?

Answer 4

Thrombolytics, thrombectomy, transcatheter thrombectomy, fibrinolytics, antithrombotics, and always analgesia.

Question 5

True or False: Feline patients with ATE that survive the immediate aftermath of embolism, arterial pulses may become palpable, along with a return of limb function, within a few days.

Answer 5

False, a return of normal limb function, if it occurs at all, will take weeks rather than days

Question 6

Feline heart failure is often treated via supportive care. This includes -?

Answer 6

Heat and oxygen supplementation, appropriate ventilation, thoracocentesis, diuretics, vasodilators, Beta antagonists, ACEi, and calcium channel blockers