It is associated with various conditions
including hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in dogs and cats, cancer, and electrolyte disorders.
Not exact matches
For this study, the team of cardiologists recruited 60 subjects,
including 20 patients with non-ischemic dilated
cardiomyopathy; 20 patients with
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; and 20 healthy subjects as a control group.
Another lesson learned from
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is knowing the sarcomeric protein involved and the specific mutation does not invariably provide prognostic information about the course of the disease,
including the risk of sudden cardiac death.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is usually diagnosed once a veterinarian rules out secondary causes of thickening,
including:
Although not identified in all cases, the majority of FATE cats have
cardiomyopathy, often
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which most commonly
includes left atrial enlargement and is often advanced by the time of presentation.
These may
include: hip dysplasia, elbow dysplasia, osteochondrosis dessicans (OCD), craniomandibular osteopathy (CMO),
hypertrophic osteodystrophy (HOD), eosinophilic panosteitis, Wobbler Syndrome, alantoaxial subluxation, Legg - Calve - Perthes» Disease, medial patellar luxation, eye diseases, subaortic stenosis, pulmonary stenosis, ventricular septal defect, patent ductus arteriosis, Tetralogy of Fallot, persistent right aortic arch, dilated
cardiomyopathy, hemophilia, Von Willebrand's disease, epilepsy, hydrocephalus, intervertebral disk disease, mange, hypothyroidism, Cushing's Disease, pituitary dwarfism and autoimmune skin disorders.
Briefly, dogs were classified as having one of the 24 inherited disorders studied (hemangiosarcoma, lymphoma, mast cell tumor, osteosarcoma, aortic stenosis, dilated
cardiomyopathy,
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, mitral valve dysplasia, patent ductus arteriosus, ventricular septal defect, hyperadrenocorticism, hypoadrenocorticism, hypothyroidism, elbow joint dysplasia, hip joint dysplasia, IVDD, patellar luxation, ruptured anterior cranial cruciate ligament, atopy or allergic dermatitis, GDV, cataracts in dogs 6 years or younger, epilepsy, lens luxation, and portosystemic liver shunt) only if the record
included definitive confirmation of the condition by the veterinary medical teaching hospital staff or the referring veterinarian.