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Restrictive Cardiomyopathy in a Korean Domestic Short-haired Cat  

Nam, Hyo-Seung (Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University)
Han, Suk-Hee (Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University)
Choi, Ran (Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University)
Lee, Seung-Gon (Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University)
Hyun, Chang-Baig (Section of Small Animal Internal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.29, no.3, 2012 , pp. 242-246 More about this Journal
Abstract
A 3-year-old castrated male Korean domestic short-haired cat (weighing 5.2 kg) was referred to the Kangwon National University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, with primary complaints of ascites, pleural effusion and respiratory distress. Diagnostic studies revealed marked chylous and hemorrhagic pleural effusion, cardiomegaly, restrictive filling pattern of transmitral flow and mitral annular tissue Doppler profiles and minimally thickened left ventricular free wall. Based on the echocardiographic findings, the case was tentatively diagnosed as restrictive cardiomyopathy. The case was treated with removal of pleural effusion and medical therapy including furosemide, enalapril, sildenafil, clopidogrel. This is the first case report of restrictive cardiomyopathy in Korea.
Keywords
restrictive cardiomyopathy; RCM; pleural effusion; cat;
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