All Outputs (3)

Isolated discrete upper septal thickening in a non-referral cat population of senior and young cats (2023)
Journal Article
Matos, J., Payne, J., Mullins, J., & Fuentes, V. (2023). Isolated discrete upper septal thickening in a non-referral cat population of senior and young cats. Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, 50, 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvc.2023.09.006

Introduction/objectives: Discrete upper septal thickening (DUST) is a phenotype of elderly people. The cardiac phenotype in senior cats has been incompletely described. We aimed to characterize the echocardiographic phenotype of senior cats, specific... Read More about Isolated discrete upper septal thickening in a non-referral cat population of senior and young cats.

Exploration of Mediators Associated with Myocardial Remodelling in Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (2023)
Journal Article
Cheng, W., Lawson, C., Liu, H., Wilkie, L., Dobromylskyj, M., Fuentes, V. L., …Connolly, D. J. (2023). Exploration of Mediators Associated with Myocardial Remodelling in Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Animals, 13(13), 2112. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132112

Simple Summary: The hallmark changes in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a naturally occurring heart disease in both humans and cats, are left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and myocardial fibrosis. Key myocardial proteins, lumican, lysyl oxidase (L... Read More about Exploration of Mediators Associated with Myocardial Remodelling in Feline Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

Thin and hypokinetic myocardial segments in cats with cardiomyopathy (2023)
Journal Article
Matos, J., Sargent, J., Silva, J., Payne, J., Seo, J., Spalla, I., …Fuentes, V. (2023). Thin and hypokinetic myocardial segments in cats with cardiomyopathy. Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, 46, 5-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvc.2023.02.002

Introduction/objectives: Thin and hypokinetic myocardial segments (THyMS) represent adverse ventricular (LV) remodeling in human hypertrophic car-diomyopathy. We describe the echocardiographic features and outcome in cats with THyMS, and in a subpopu... Read More about Thin and hypokinetic myocardial segments in cats with cardiomyopathy.