- Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
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- This heart disease where areas of heart muscle enlarge and thicken is the most common heart disease in cats. An apparently healthy cat may appear to become very ill very quickly, or even die suddenly.
This site will explain some basics about how the heart functions, what this disease is, how it impairs the heart's ability to function, how it's diagnosed, and the goal of prescribing medications to manage it.
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- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) may be primary (idiopathic) or secondary to other (metabolic) causes (excess cathecholamines, hyperthyroidism, acromegaly, hypertension). This discussion will focus on the anatomical and physiological manifestations, the diagnosis and proposed treatment of Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. However, there will be some discussion of other disorders, particularly as they may relate to complications in the diagnosis (or misdiagnosis) and/or treatment of HCM.
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