FELINE HCM CLINIC
Fighting Heart Disease in Cats by Early Detection of Cardiomyopathies
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common heart disease in cats affecting 1 in 6 cats. Although some cats will have a benign course, others develop serious complications, e.g. congestive heart failure (CHF) and/or arterial thromboembolism (ATE).
HCM has a long preclinical (occult) phase where cats are asymptomatic (stage B1 and B2). At this stage, it is very challenging to diagnose HCM and echocardiography is the only reliable diagnostic tool.
Our clinic aims to diagnose and monitor HCM and other cardiomyopathies in asymptomatic cats and identify cats at high-risk of heart failure and/or thromboembolism.
Cats seen at the HCM clinic will have the following investigations at a subsidised cost:
- Echocardiography
- ECG
- Blood pressure measurement
- Blood tests (Urea/Crea, PCV, T4, Glu, cardiac Troponin I)
Eligible Cats:
- Asymptomatic cats with suspicion of preclinical cardiomyopathy, that is, cats with 1 or more of the following findings:
- Arrhythmia
- Gallop
- Heart murmur
- High NT- proBNP
- Familial history of HCM
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you would like to refer a case to our clinic
- 01223 337621
- Email: cardiology@vet.cam.ac.uk
