Systolic third sound associated with systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve in cats with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
J Vet Intern Med
; 37(5): 1679-1684, 2023.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Third heart sounds in cats frequently are associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) but their exact characterization and timing within the cardiac cycle remains unknown.OBJECTIVES:
Characterize third heart sounds in cats by phonocardiography and test the ability of 3 observers with different levels of experience and training to recognize third systolic heart sounds in cats. ANIMALS Fifty client-owned cats of different breeds presented for heart screening.METHODS:
Cats were prospectively assessed using an electronic stethoscope (with digital recording) and then underwent full conventional echocardiographic examination. Audio recordings were blindly assessed in a random order by 3 observers the cardiologist who collected clinical data, as well as a trained and an untrained junior veterinarian. Cohen's kappa coefficients were calculated to quantify agreement between the opinion of each observer and the echocardiography results (considered the gold standard).RESULTS:
Twenty cats had a third systolic sound on phonocardiography and an obstructive HCM phenotype with systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve (SAM) on echocardiography. Agreement with echocardiography was very good for the experienced cardiologist, substantial for the trained junior veterinarian, and poor for the untrained junior veterinarian (kappa of 0.92, 0,64, and 0.08, respectively). CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE We describe here a new auscultatory abnormality in cats with obstructive HCM. It could help a trained non-cardiologist veterinarian in suspecting obstructive HCM in cats based on auscultation only.Palavras-chave
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01-internacional
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Assunto principal:
Cardiomiopatia Hipertrófica
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Doenças do Gato
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Vet Intern Med
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article