Why the study?
Does Tissue Doppler Imaging detect early diastolic dysfunction in Maine Coon cats with a myosin binding protein C mutation prior to hypertrophy development?
Population
27 cats
Comparison
Tissue Doppler imaging of the lateral mitral… vs Comparison across 3 groups
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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May support early diastolic dysfunction in genotypically affected cats; leaves open TDI utility for pre-hypertrophy screening.
Does Tissue Doppler Imaging detect early diastolic dysfunction in Maine Coon cats with a myosin binding protein C mutation prior to hypertrophy development?
Tissue Doppler imaging shows that diastolic dysfunction precedes hypertrophy in Maine Coon cats with a myosin binding protein C mutation, though it is an insensitive screening test for phenotypically normal, genotypically affected cats.
MacDonald et al. (2007) studied this question.
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