Key result
Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography detected myocardial dysfunction, including decreased early-to-late diastolic strain rate ratios, before the development of left ventricular hypertrophy in a cat with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Why the study?
Does two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography detect early myocardial dysfunction in a cat with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy before conventional echocardiography?
Population
1 5-month-old intact female Scottish Fold cat with a slight systolic murmur (Levine I/VI)
Comparison
Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography vs Conventional echocardiography…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May suggest preclinical dysfunction detection in feline HCM; leaves open prospective validation.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Does two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography detect early myocardial dysfunction in a cat with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy before conventional echocardiography?
Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography may be useful for early detection of myocardial dysfunction in feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy before conventional echocardiographic changes appear.
Suzuki et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (n=1). Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography vs. Conventional echocardiography was evaluated on Detection of myocardial dysfunction (strain and strain rate). Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography detected myocardial dysfunction, including decreased early-to-late diastolic strain rate ratios, before the development of left ventricular hypertrophy in a cat with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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