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Echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular blood flow and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion in apparently healthy domestic short-haired cats

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Zahra Darabizadeh 1
Keivan Keramati 1
Dariush Shirani 2
Mohammad Molazem 3
Saeed Heydaryan 2
Yasamin Vali 4

1 Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Semnan, Semnan, Iran

2 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Radiology and Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

4 Diagnostic Imaging, Department for Companion Animals and Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna (Vetmeduni), Vienna, Austria

https://doi.org/10.30466/vrf.2022.548794.3387
Abstract
Right ventricular parameters change in many cardiovascular diseases; so, the presence of normal right ventricular parameters is necessary to diagnose these diseases. Ten clinically healthy adult domestic short-haired cats including six males and four females in the range of 2.70 to 4.80 kg were studied using echocardiography without sedation. The speed and pressure of blood flow through the tricuspid and pulmonary valves, speed of the movement of tricuspid valve and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) were recorded using conventional pulsed-wave (PW) Doppler, tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) and M-mode, respectively. No significant statistical differences were observed between the measured values and sex, heart rate and body weight. A positive correlation was observed between the maximum velocity of the right ventricular outflow tract and heart rate and also between TAPSE slope and body weight. With determining the normal values of PW-TDI of the right ventricle in apparently healthy domestic short-haired cats, it is expected that with providing normal reference values, the diagnosis of heart diseases especially asymptomatic heart disease be achieved as soon as possible to provide the best appropriate therapeutic management and monitoring decision about them.

Keywords

Cat
Echocardiography
Pulmonary valve
Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion
Tricuspid valve
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Veterinary Research Forum
Volume 14, Issue 5
May 2023
Pages 275-279

  • Receive Date 13 February 2022
  • Revise Date 12 October 2022
  • Accept Date 14 November 2022

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