Published in Scientific Works. Series C. Veterinary Medicine, Vol. LXX, Issue 1
Written by Alice-Mihaela RĂDULESCU, Elena-Teodora VULCAN, Lucian IONIŢĂ
A one-year-old Scottish fold male cat was referred to the Cardiology department, presenting signs of congestive heart failure one week after anesthesia. Echocardiography revealed an enlarged left atrium with the left ventricular wall thickening and confluent "B lines". Cardiac biomarker troponin I was markedly elevated. The cat was discharged home after an intensive hospitalization treatment that led to progressive clinical improvement. It was reevaluated after two months, and a physical examination, echocardiographic measurements, and cardiac troponin were normalized. The diagnosis of transient myocardial thickening was considered based on the presence of a trigger possibly related to myocardial injury and the patient's history, cardiological, and laboratory data. This condition is relatively uncommon and closely resembles hypertrophic cardiomyopathy but involves reversions of the cardiac modifications. It usually appears in young cats with previous events. Transient myocardial thickening has a better prognosis in cats in contrast with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This case report describes a case of transient myocardial thickness with congestive heart failure, which returns to a case of normal cardiac features.
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